"In Paris? Mass, and Well Remembered!": Kyd's The Spanish Tragedy and the English Reaction to the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre
This article analyzes the significance of Kyd's allusion "In Paris? mass, and well remembered!" to the St. Bartholomew's day massacre in Paris in 1572. Hieronimo, the representative of Protestant vengeance, creates a revenge playlet in which he and Bel-imperia, the analogue to Qu...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sixteenth Century Journal Publishers, Inc.
1990
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The sixteenth century journal
Year: 1990, Volume: 21, Issue: 3, Pages: 401-409 |
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| Summary: | This article analyzes the significance of Kyd's allusion "In Paris? mass, and well remembered!" to the St. Bartholomew's day massacre in Paris in 1572. Hieronimo, the representative of Protestant vengeance, creates a revenge playlet in which he and Bel-imperia, the analogue to Queen Elizabeth, destroy the lines of accession to the Catholic Iberian thrones. In this way, Hieronimo as author, director, and actor in a muderous marriage playlet serves as ironic parallel to Catherine de Medici, who was viewed by Protestant writers as the author and stage manager of the massacre of Protestant Huguenots during the celebration of her daughter Margaret's marriage to the Protestant Henry of Navarre. |
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| ISSN: | 2326-0726 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The sixteenth century journal
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/2540276 |