“Her mind has no womanly weakness”: The Humanist Studies of Princess Elizabeth, 1538-1558

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dc.contributor.advisorMacMillan, Ken
dc.contributor.authorHamill, Kelsey Anne
dc.contributor.committeememberMacMillan, Ken
dc.contributor.committeememberKonnert, Mark
dc.contributor.committeememberUllyot, Michael
dc.contributor.committeememberMarshall, David
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-01T16:14:45Z
dc.date.available2017-05-01T16:14:45Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.date.submitted2017en
dc.description.abstractElite women in early modern England and Europe were usually educated in the skills of embroidery, dance, music, and cooking, with some rudimentary training in writing, reading, and Latin. These were all skills that were believed necessary to attract stronger marriage prospects from, and be better partners to, elite men. This thesis examines Elizabeth I’s (1533–1603) education during the years before she assumed the crown, circa 1538–1558. Partly because of their intense focus on Elizabeth’s reign (1558–1603) rather than her childhood, historians have not given sufficient attention to her informal and formal education. Sources such as letters, the published works of her tutors, in addition to Elizabeth’s own translation works, poetry, prayers, and other writing have been examined to gain an understanding of the curriculum to which the young Elizabeth was exposed. These sources reveal that Elizabeth was exposed to a wide range of humanist writings that were atypical of the curriculum traditionally offered to noble women. In receiving a humanist education akin to that which Tudor men acquired at Cambridge University, to which most of Elizabeth’s tutors had close affinity, Elizabeth was provided a sound intellectual foundation that later helped her to meet the challenges of a regnant queen ruling in a patriarchal society.en_US
dc.identifier.citationHamill, K. A. (2017). “Her mind has no womanly weakness”: The Humanist Studies of Princess Elizabeth, 1538-1558 (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26352en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/26352
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11023/3770
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studies
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subjectEducation--History of
dc.subjectBiography
dc.subjectHistory--European
dc.subjectSocial Structure and Development
dc.subjectWomenÕs Studies
dc.subject.otherPrincess Elizabeth
dc.subject.otherHumanist Education
dc.subject.otherEarly Modern England
dc.subject.otherGender
dc.subject.otherPedagogy
dc.subject.otherElizabeth Tudor
dc.subject.otherElizabeth I
dc.subject.othereducation
dc.subject.othertraining
dc.subject.otherCambridge
dc.title“Her mind has no womanly weakness”: The Humanist Studies of Princess Elizabeth, 1538-1558
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineHistory
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (MA)
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