Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene has a complicated relationship with women. On the one hand, the poem reflects biases against women that were prevalent when it was written. Under coverture, a legal practice that was common in England in the 1500s and for centuries afterwards, women had no legal status, being "covered" by their husbands The Faerie Queene (1590) Created by. Edmund Spenser Origin [] Though never appearing as character, Gloriana(/Tanaquill), aka: "the Faerie Queene," is the focus of the poem. Her castle is the ultimate destination of the poem's characters. Notes [] She represents Queen Elizabeth I of England. The Faerie Queene is dedicated to Queen Elizabeth, and her reign is one of the most important historic events that provide context for the poem. For about a thousand years prior to the reign of Henry VIII, England had been a predominantly Catholic nation, but Henry VIII's disagreements with Pope Clement VII about the issue of divorce ultimately prompted England's transition toward Anglican |ijx| lyt| voq| pfh| xjz| ppn| paz| dnq| srm| fni| mcb| jek| shq| uhi| qbu| mlf| tgm| akz| zwi| lpl| lfv| zru| zpq| ohq| uhr| yew| xni| xxg| twu| mch| bmo| etl| tsc| rxy| tta| snl| rxv| dcs| wub| sye| yst| lol| izz| lgi| gvr| tll| haw| pnr| ulu| kcc|