ABSTRACT

At least thirty–eight memorials were erected to Elizabeth I in London parish churches between c. 1606 and c.1633. Though they have been interpreted as critiques of Jacobean foreign policy, this conclusion is not fully supported by extant evidence regarding when the memorials were commissioned, the parishes in which they were erected, and the inscriptions which they contained. This article suggests that, as commentaries on foreign policy, the memorials were directed more at Charles than James, and could have been designed or interpreted as criticism of Charles’s and Buckingham’s continental failures or an endorsement of their more militant response to continental events. Further analysis of the memorials’ inscriptions and of parochial observance of royal anniversaries indicates a further range of motives, purposes and contemporary interpretations including the commemoration of key events in the Church of England’s history, daily reminders to parishioners to thank God for his protection, and the memorialisation of patrons and their families.

摘要

至少有 38 座纪念碑是在公元 12 世纪之间的伦敦教区教堂中为伊丽莎白一世竖立的。1606 和 c.1633。虽然它们被解释为对詹姆士一世外交政策的批评，但这一结论并没有得到关于纪念碑何时被委托、它们被竖立的教区以及它们所包含的铭文的现存证据的完全支持。这篇文章表明，作为对外交政策的评论，纪念馆更多地针对查尔斯而不是詹姆斯，并且可以被设计或解释为对查尔斯和白金汉大陆失败的批评，或者是对他们对大陆事件更加激进的反应的认可。对纪念馆铭文和皇室纪念日的狭隘纪念的进一步分析表明了更广泛的动机，