Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum
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Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum is a 1611 religious poem by Aemilia Lanyer that reimagines the Passion of Christ while offering an early feminist defense of women.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English Renaissance literature
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poem ⓘ religious poem ⓘ |
| author | Aemilia Lanyer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| dateOfPublication | 1611 ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | multiple aristocratic women patrons ⓘ |
| form | long poem ⓘ |
| genre |
Christian poetry
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devotional literature ⓘ religious poetry ⓘ |
| hasInterpretation |
read as a defense of Eve and biblical women
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read as a proto-feminist work ⓘ |
| hasPart |
"The Description of Cooke-ham"
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dedicatory poems to noblewomen ⓘ title poem "Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum" ⓘ |
| influenced | feminist literary criticism of early modern texts ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | early modern English literature ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literarySignificance |
important text in early modern feminist literary history
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one of the earliest published books of poetry by an Englishwoman ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Jesus Christ
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Passion of Christ NERFINISHED ⓘ defense of women ⓘ feminism ⓘ women in the Bible ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early feminist defense of women
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reimagining the Passion of Christ from a female-centered perspective ⓘ |
| portrays |
Eve in a more sympathetic light
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Pilate's wife as a defender of Jesus NERFINISHED ⓘ women as loyal followers of Christ ⓘ |
| publicationFormat | quarto ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| setting |
Golgotha
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biblical Jerusalem ⓘ |
| structure | sequence of poems ⓘ |
| style |
praise poetry
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religious meditation ⓘ |
| theme |
biblical exegesis
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critique of male authority ⓘ female piety ⓘ female virtue ⓘ redemption ⓘ sin and grace ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | life and Passion of Jesus Christ ⓘ |
| titleLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| titleTranslation | Hail God, King of the Jews ⓘ |
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