| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 409 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
I. Chronicles of reform. Fabyan's Chronicle : reading and religion reformed -- More's Richard III : recession and Reformation -- Cooper and Crowley : continuation and controversy -- Grafton and Stow : schism and antagonism -- Versions of Henry V : the gravity of Foxe -- II. Divinity and state on stage. Reformation and riposte : Kynge Johan and Respublica -- Sanctified monarchs : The massacre at Paris, Edward III, When you see me you know me, and 1 and 2 If you know not me -- Martyred subjects : Woodstock, The booke of Sir Thomas Moore, 1 and 2 Edward IV, and The life and death of the Lord Cromwell -- III. Divinity, state, and Shakespeare. Shakespearean apocalypse : 1-3 Henry VI -- Three experiments with the shape of time : Richard III, King John, and Richard II -- The history play reformed : 1 and 2 Henry IV and Henry V -- IV. Conclusion. Riposte as corroboration : 1 and 2 Robert Earle of Huntington and 1 Sir John Oldcastle |
| Summary |
This text explores how the Reformation's transformation of religious belief into a political statement and the saturation of the national past with religious implications (created by the political developments of the 1530s) was reflected in 16th-century English historiography and historical drama |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Religion and drama -- History -- 16th century
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Reformation -- England.
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Church and state -- England -- History -- 16th century
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Religion in literature -- History -- 16th century
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Church and state in literature -- History -- 16th century
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Church and state.
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Church and state in literature.
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Historiography.
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Reformation.
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Religion and drama.
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Religion in literature.
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Great Britain -- History -- Tudors, 1485-1603 -- Historiography
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England.
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Great Britain.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780199255641 |
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0199255644 |
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9780191719615 |
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0191719617 |
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