From Lutheranism to Catholicism: The Faith of Anna of Denmark (1574–1619)

Meikle, Maureen; Payne, Helen M.

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“…It is not clear whether Anne's ladies performed the same vital role as Anna of Denmark's entourage had done for her -although at least one, Margaret Godolphin, firmly rejected her mistress's change of religion, commenting on Anne's 'unspeakable tortur' when she died 'in doubt of her Religion … like a poore wretch'. 58 By converting, Anne imperilled a potential line of succession: she was a possible queen-consort, but one who seemed to have turned from being an attractively devout nursing mother to the anglican church to becoming a wayward daughter. It is possible to fit Clarendon's correspondence to her into the genre of protective male advice to female convert relatives; significantly, he himself described it as the letter of a 'troubled & perplexed Father'.…”

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Catholicism and Anti-Catholicism in Arlington’s World

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2020

Henry Bennet, Earl of Arlington, and His World

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In late 1670 or early 1671, a worried father wrote to his daughter expressing concerns about rumours that she might convert to catholicism. Deeply moved, he urged her to consider the damage this would do to her and her family's reputation, stressed that catholics were disloyal to the monarchy, and offered a series of arguments against Rome being the only church in which salvation might be obtained. He coupled this with a letter to his son-in-law, pressing him to dissuade any such conversion. These letters may have been written without sight of his daughter's narrative justifying her conversion; indeed, it is possible that they arrived after she died in spring 1671. They remind us that conversion was a profound and often traumatic experience for more than just the individual convert, affecting their kin, household, and parish. Furthermore, this was no ordinary family. The father was the exiled earl of Clarendon, formerly Charles II's leading adviser; the daughter, Anne Stuart (née Hyde), Duchess of York, wife of the heir presumptive to the throne -the future catholic King James II.The conversion of the duke of York, an anonymous author wrote in 1681, was 'one of the greatest Calamities that has happened in our Age'. 1 If the numbers of converts to catholicism were fewer than anxious protestants imagined (under 2000 in the years 1669-71, by one estimate), the prominence and activism of many of these converts terrified the English protestant imagination. 2 The reign of Charles II saw the gradual exposure of catholics at the heart of government: the heir to the throne, the king's mistresses, the king himself, and some of his leading counsellors, such as Thomas Clifford. Arlington himself joined this group in

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Henry Bennet, Earl of Arlington, and His World

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“…45 However, Anna of Denmark took no part in the actual baptismal ceremony, in accordance with normal Scottish royal practice. 46 To complete this description it is worth listing the chapel furnishings as recorded for the baptism. The pulpit, as already reported, was placed in the middle of the screen, separating the enclosure within which the king and ambassadors sat from the remainder of the building.…”

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The ‘Great Temple of Solomon’ at Stirling Castle

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2011

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In 1594, a new Chapel Royal was erected at Stirling Castle, for the baptism, on 30 August of that year, of Prince Henry, first-born son and heir to James VI King of Scots and his wife, Queen Anna, sister of Denmark’s Christian IV. James saw the baptism as a major opportunity to emphasize, to an international — and, above all, English — audience, both his own and Henry’s suitability as heirs to England’s childless and elderly Queen Elizabeth. To commemorate the baptism and associated festivities, a detailed written account was produced, entitledA True Reportarieand attributed to William Fowler. It provided a remarkable piece of Stuart propaganda, as testified by many subsequent reprints, including during the 1745 Jacobite Rebellion. James no doubt had in mind the example of the celebrations at his own baptism in December 1566, which ‘took the form of a triumphant Renaissance festival, the first that Scotland — and indeed Great Britain — had ever seen’. Despite apparently being constructed within a mere seven months, the new chapel achieved its aim of being both impressive and symbolic of the aspirations of the Scottish king (Fig. 1). It can claim to be the earliest Renaissance church in Britain, with its main entrance framed by a triumphal arch, flanked by Italianate windows. However, even more significant is the evidence that the chapel was deliberately modelled on the Temple of Solomon in Jerusalem.

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Walker, Anna

Trill

2023

The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Early Modern Women's Writing

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From Lutheranism to Catholicism: The Faith of Anna of Denmark (1574–1619)

Cited by 7 publications

References 8 publications

Catholicism and Anti-Catholicism in Arlington’s World

Catholicism and Anti-Catholicism in Arlington’s World

The ‘Great Temple of Solomon’ at Stirling Castle

Walker, Anna

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