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Join The University of Arizona's Group for Early Modern Studies for a lecture by Gordon Kipling, professor of English at UCLA, titled "The Queen, the Reformation and the Bible Test: Reforming the Royal Entry in England and Scotland."

In the late 16th century, newly-established reformers in both London and Edinburgh were faced with the task of staging royal entry pageants for the inauguration of three queens: Elizabeth, Mary Queen of Scots and Anne of Denmark. The traditional royal entry ceremonial, which welcomed the queen as a type of the Virgin Mary ascending to her coronation in heaven, was abhorrent to most reformers. How might such a ceremonial be so reformed as to suit religious tastes formed in Geneva? The solution to this problem featured, as its centerpiece, a closely-scrutinized bible test.