Author: Yates, Frances Amelia [1899-1981]
Title: Astraea : The Imperial Theme in the Sixteenth Century
Description: London, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1975. orig.cloth, dustwrapper.. 23x15cm, xvi,233,(44)pp. 44pp photoplates. Minor rubbing. Rubberstamps to reverse of title-page. VG. ¶ Contents: Charles V & the Idea of the Empire; The Tudor Imperial Reform: Queen Elizabeth I as Astraea; Elizabethan Chivalry: The Romance of the Accesion Day Tilts; The Triumph of Chastity; The French Monarchy: The Idea of the French Monarchy; The Entry of Charles IX & his Queen into Paris, 1571; The Magnificences for the Marriage of the Duc de Joyeuse, Paris, 1581; Religious Processions in Paris, 1283-4; Conclusion: Astraea & the Gallic Hercules.

Keywords: Renaissance Iconography, European Political, Elizabethan, England English, Politics France, Monarchy French, Sixteenth Century, Astraea Astraean, Queen Elizabeth, Empire Comparative