"To be useful in what I do": The religious legacy of Queen Kateryn Parr, 1513?-1548.
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Title
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"To be useful in what I do": The religious legacy of Queen Kateryn Parr, 1513?-1548.
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Identifier
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AAI9917669
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identifier
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9917669
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Creator
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Kujawa, Sheryl Anne.
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Contributor
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Adviser: Stuart Prall
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Date
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1999
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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History, Modern | Women's Studies | History, European | Religion, General
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Abstract
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Throughout this study, the religious significance of Kateryn Parr is examined from several perspectives: her early life; her vocation as the queen of England and wife of Henry VIII; her role as head of a reform household and as stepmother to the royal children; and lastly, her religious activities as a writer, translator and patron. Throughout her life, Kateryn Parr's chief motivation was her religious faith, and it was these beliefs that infused all her efforts---personal, political, and intellectual.;Kateryn Parr followed a destiny that led from an ambitious family, through revolution and violence, to the crown of England. To her contemporaries, she was a kind, intelligent, devout woman, whose deeds touched many. For Kateryn Parr, her writings were a source of solace in an uncertain world, an expression of her religious faith and a reassurance that beyond the dangers of this world lay the never-ending mercy of God. Further, her life and work stand as examples of what a well-born, humanist-educated, reform-oriented woman felt and believed in the mid-sixteenth century.;Through religious writing, translation, and patronage, Kateryn Parr and the women of her household extended reform religion beyond the court to local parishes. As one of the few published women writers of her era, Kateryn Parr not only promoted reform religion, but made it easier for other women authors to publish as well. Through the use of personal patronage, Kateryn Parr extended the reform cause, and inspired others to do the same. The women of Kateryn Parr's household eventually carried the reform cause into the reigns of Edward VI, Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth I. Not only was Kateryn Parr a leader of reform in the last years of Henry VIII's reign, but she and her household contributed to its flourishing in the next. Her experiences and contributions are significant because they illustrate the consciousness of a circle whose influence, in part, redirected the religious course of England.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
