The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 20.0105 Monday, 9 March 2009
[1] From: Claire Bowditch <
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Date: Saturday, 07 Mar 2009 17:57:15 +0000
Subj: Re: SHK 20.0100 Elizabeth I and Autopsies
[2] From: Eric Johnson-DeBaufre <
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Date: Sunday, 8 Mar 2009 14:04:16 -0400
Subj: Re: SHK 20.0100 Elizabeth I and Autopsies
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From: Claire Bowditch <
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Date: Saturday, 07 Mar 2009 17:57:15 +0000
Subject: 20.0100 Elizabeth I and Autopsies
Comment: Re: SHK 20.0100 Elizabeth I and Autopsies
>I was once told about a text that apparently records that Elizabeth
>I had an autopsy performed on (I think) one of her female attendants
>who had died, in search of physical evidence imprinted on the dead
>woman's heart that she had been in love. Can anyone identify a
>source for this tale?
Dear Frank,
This source is referred to, and indeed quoted from, in Lesel Dawson,
_Lovesickness and Gender in Early Modern English Literature_ (Oxford:
Oxford University Press, 2008), pp. 16-17.
The accompanying footnote is very helpful and gives the details of the
original source. A copy of the text is available on Google.
Hope that helps.
Best wishes
Claire Bowditch
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-Hardy]
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From: Eric Johnson-DeBaufre <
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Date: Sunday, 8 Mar 2009 14:04:16 -0400
Subject: 20.0100 Elizabeth I and Autopsies
Comment: Re: SHK 20.0100 Elizabeth I and Autopsies
Dear Professor Whigham,
The story you are referring to, I believe, occurs in a letter by Philip
Gaudy written in 1600 regarding "Mistress Ratcliffe," one of the Queen's
handmaidens. You can find a reference to this in Lesel Dawson's book
_Lovesickness and Gender in Early Modern English Literature_ (Oxford UP,
2008).
The woman "Mistress Ratcliffe," otherwise known as was Margaret
Radclyffe, and a fuller version of her story (as contained in Gaudy's
letter) can be found here:
http://familytree.ratcliffs.net/rad12.htm
Best wishes,
Eric Johnson-DeBaufre
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