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  • 4 - Tudor Royal Proclamations

  • from Part I - Authentic Royal Voices
  • Mel Evans, University of Leicester
  • Book:
    Royal Voices
    Published online:
    28 February 2020
    Print publication:
    19 March 2020, pp 115-154

  • Summary

    This chapter conducts a material and linguistic analysis of royal Tudor proclamations, considering how the properties of the genre inform the performance of power in a text designed to be both spoken and seen. The analysis considers material features, such as layout, oversize initials and typeface, alongside key linguistic properties, including lexical bundles and nominal and pronominal references to monarch and subject. The findings are compared against the those for royal correspondence. The chapter proposes that proclamations underwent a process of epistolarization in the Tudor period, becoming more interactive and directly representative of the monarch's prerogative.