Bell, Kimberly2018-12-102018-12-102018-122018-11-09December 2https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11875/2548Translatio studii et imperii stood as the governing metaphor and principal method of medieval authors to explain changes in political power and romanticize the past. In this project, I examine medieval and early-modern conceptions of political power in Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene and the medieval Arthuriana. Ultimately, I argue that Spenser's careful selection of medieval tropes from Arthurian romances and Chaucer’s poetry expresses a skepticism about the myth of Tudor origins the poet is often credited with popularizing.application/pdfenEdmund SpenserGeoffrey of MonmouthFaerie QueeneHistoria regum BritanniaeArthurElizabeth ITranslatioRenaissanceMedieval romanceBritish poetryEarly-modern literatureThesis2018-12-10