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- Title
"Comfort without offence"? The Performance and Transmission of Exile Literature at the English College, Valladolid, 1592-1600.
- Authors
Echevarría, Berta Cano; Hidalgo, Ana Sáez; Redworth, Glyn; Hutchings, Mark
- Abstract
Examines the role of seminaries in the performance and dissemination of exile literature in the effort to sustain the "old religion" in England. In particular, the article examines the role played by St. Alban's College at Valladolid at a time of great tension between Spain and England during the last years of Elizabeth I's reign. The published account of Philip II's 1592 visit to Valladolid, which included a visit to St. Alban's College, illustrates how the Spanish court and the college collaborated to advance the English Catholic cause. The 'Relacion de la Venida' is the published account of Philip III's 1600 visit to Valladolid and to St. Alban's College. The pamphlet is different from the published record of Philip II's visit eight years earlier, but it seeks in different and perhaps more subtle ways to accomplish the same purpose. A third publication recounted the reception in Valladolid of the 'Vulnerata,' a statue of the Virgin and Child that had been mocked and attached with swords by English sailors when the English navy reached Cadiz in 1596 and sacked the city. The students at St. Alban's College asked for and accepted the statue in September 1600 to protect and defend it. The tone of the three pamphlets became less strident with each royal visit, perhaps as a realistic response to the changing political environment. This change in tone is illustrated by 'Vulnerata''s stated aim to give "comfort without offence.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; VALLADOLID (Spain); SPAIN; ENGLISH exiles' writings; ENGLISH literature; LITERATURE; HUMANITIES
- Publication
Renaissance & Reformation / Renaissance et Réforme, 2008, Vol 31, Issue 1, p31
- ISSN
0034-429X
- Publication type
Literary Criticism
- DOI
10.33137/rr.v31i1.9545