Sederi Yearbook 31



Sederi 30
Sederi 31 — 2021
EDITOR
Ana Sáez-Hidalgo
MANAGING EDITORS
Marta Cerezo Moreno
Isabel Guerrero Llorente
REVIEW EDITOR
Miguel Ramalhete
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Valerie Schutte, “A ballad of treason for Queen Mary I’s accession.” SEDERI 31 (2021): 145–158.

 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.34136/sederi.2021.7                                                         Download PDF

 

Abstract

A ninuectyue agaynst Treason is a ballad that was printed upon Queen Mary I’s accession. It is comprised of fourteen stanzas; the first ten each have seven lines, and the last four are only four lines each. The ballad is not so much celebratory of the new Queen Mary, but a lesson or warning about the dangers of acting against a Tudor monarch.

Keywords: Queen Mary I; ballad; treason; accession; John Dudley; Duke of Northumberland.

 

 

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