Aemilia Bassano Lanier’s New Perspective on Women in the Poem Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum

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Neslihan Ekmekçioğlu Hacettepe University

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Abstract

Aemilia Bassano Lanier was partially of Jewish origin and came from a Venetian family of court musicians. She was brought up in the court and was educated by Countess Susan Bertie and the Duchess of Suffolk. Her work entitled Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum is a long narrative poem articulating a woman-centred account of the Bible. As a woman of partial Jewish descent, Aemilia, who has ‘a voice of her own’, deals with the maltreatment of women and compares them to Christ in their silent suffering. At her time, women were often expected to be silent within society, creating an absence rooted in their lack of voice. Both Christ and women sacrifice themselves for the betterment of mankind. This article will deal with Aemilia Lanier’s new perspective upon biblical women and the Passion of Christ as reflected in Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum.

Contributor Notes

Neslihan Ekmekçioğlu is a Shakespeare scholar and a musician, playing the piano and the cello. She received her PhD on Shakespeare at Hacettepe University.

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