The Fabulous Dark Cloister: Romance in England after the Reformation

Index

Aaron, 29, 31 abbeys, dissolution of, 1 Achilles, 57 Acrasia (character), 46, 72, 116, 120, 121, 126, 127, 128, 129 Aethiopian Historie, 41 Agatha, Saint, 81 Age (character), 125 agency, 45, 69, 91, 92, 97; and Wroth, 145, 151, 157 Agnes, Saint, 75, 77, 79, 88–89, 91, 92, 179n87, 185n83 Ailred of Rievaulx, 22 Alanius (character), 133, 134, 152 Alcina (character), 67, 68 allegory, 125; and fable, 112; and the fabulous, 103; and Harington, 106–7, 108, 111, 112–13; and post-Reformation England, 115; and the Reformation , 111; and Spenser, 46, 59, 105, 106, 107, 130; and Tasso, 107; and Tyndale, 49, 55, 106 Alma (character), castle of, 126; and Harington, 112; and the marvelous, 46–47; and model of mind, 50; reading in, 49–56, 114; and reason, 112, 114, 119, 129–30; and reformation, 46, 132; and Wroth, 142 Amadis de Gaule, 4, 76, 136, 137; and Harvey, 39; and Prideaux, 58; and Saltonstall, 58; and Sidney , 35; and Torshell, 58; and Vives, 12 Amavia (character), 116 Amphialus (character), 44, 68, 75, 77–78 Amphilanthus (character), 139, 145, 159, 163; and Antissia, 137, 138; and Antissia’s cure, 147; friendship with, 157, 158; and Pamphilia, 152–53, 154, 156, 157, 158; and Urania, 146, 149–50 Anamnestes (character), 55 Anne, Saint, 81 Antissia (character), 133, 157–58; and Melissea, 134, 141, 155; and Pamphilia, 152, 153; and passion , 135, 136–39, 140–42; and reading, 140–41; and Urania, 135, 142, 145, 146, 147, 149, 151; and water cure, 134, 141–42, 147 Apollonius of Tyre, 81, 82 Apuleius, The Golden Ass, or The Metamorphoses, 86, 176n47 Arcadia, 36, 130 Archimago (character), 55, 117 Ariosto, Ludovico, 13, 67, 73, 120; and Guyon, 130; and Harington, 103–4, 106, 107, 108–9, 111, 112–14; and Harvey, 39; Orlando Furioso, 35, 39, 41,50–51,58,103–4,106,107,108–9,111,112–14, 118, 146, 162, 189n20; and Sidney, 35; and Spenser , 50–51, 104, 117 Armida (character), 46, 72, 121 Artegall (character), 24, 130, 152 Artesia (character), 69 Arthur (character), 56–57, 59, 120, 126, 130; and the fabulous, 27; and Guyon, 104, 123; and history , 46–48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53–55; and marvels, 52, 53; quests of, 31, 32; Spenser’s choice of, 124–25; and the supernatural, 33, 51; and Urania , 154; and Wroth’s Urania, 149 Arthur, figure of, 4, 20–21, 24, 41; acceptable uses of, 23; and Ascham, 120; and Catholicism, 47; and Jesus Christ, 97; medieval tradition of, 115; and paganism, 47; and passion, 124; tale of, 93 Arthurian legends, 41; and Arthur, 12 Arthurian romance, 23 Arthur of Little Brittaine, 58 Arthur of the Round Table, 57 Ascham, Roger, 12, 151, 174n14; and Arthur, 120; and memory, 34–35, 37; and Morte Darthur, 34, Index 224 i n d e x Ascham, Roger (cont.) 47; The Schoolmaster, 34, 180n4; and Sidney, 35; and Spenser, 116, 118; and the supernatural, 69–70, 71 Askew, Anne, 73, 74, 77 Aston, Margaret, 165nn5-6, 165n8, 173n2 atheism, 24, 71, 73, 162 Augustine, 22, 97, 111 Bale, John, 50, 77, 90, 115; The First Examinacyon of Anne Askewe, 73, 74; Pageant of Popes, 81 Barker, Robert, 29 Barlow, William, Defence of the Articles of the Protestants Religion, 83 Basilius (character), 25, 36, 44, 67, 68, 95 Bateman, Stephen, 118, 122, 125 Baxter, Nathaniel, 12, 47, 53–54, 101–2, 178n79 Baxter, Richard, 141, 193n17; A Christian Directory , 97, 98–99, 136 Bayly, Lewis, Practise of Pietie, 143–44 beauty, 83; and Shakespeare, 85; and Sidney, 36, 38, 42–43, 67, 70, 71, 75, 77; and Spenser, 129; of virtue, 59; and wonder, 70–71; and Wroth, 137 Bede, Venerable, 73 Belphoebe (character), 120 Benson, George, 83 Berger, Harry, 51 Berthelette, Thomas, 81 Bevis of Hampton, 4, 24, 25, 32, 34, 46, 48, 141 Bevis of Hampton, 12, 57 Bhabha, Homi, 2 Bible, 16, 29–31, 65, 112; and Askew, 73; Book of Acts, 10, 83–84, 87; Geneva, 108, 110, 111, 113, 123; glossing of, 107, 108; interpretation of, 143–44; King James, 29; and memory, 35; New Testament, 1; and passions, 100–101; Protestant English, 29; reading of, 151; similarity of romance to, 23–24; of 1616, 29–30, 56; spiritual guidance from, 143; and Tyndale, 1, 39; Vulgate , 29; and Wroth, 151, 163 Bishop, T. G., 25, 94 Bladud (character), 52–53 Blatant Beast (character), 59, 130 Book of Common Prayer, 56 Bower of Bliss, 56, 104...