The local tradition in Stratford is that Shakespeare "died a Papist", having sent for a Catholic priest to give him the last rites. It is clear from his plays that he was against the strictures of Puritanism, but in The Catholicism of Shakespeare's Plays, Professor Peter Milward argues that the whole of Shakespeare's work reveals a common thread of sympathy with the plight of the suffering persecuted Catholics under Queen Elizabeth and King James I.
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The local tradition in Stratford is that Shakespeare "died a Papist", having sent for a Catholic priest to give him the last rites. It is clear from his plays that he was against the strictures of Puritanism, but in The Catholicism of Shakespeare's Plays, Professor Peter Milward argues that the whole of Shakespeare's work reveals a common thread of sympathy with the plight of the suffering persecuted Catholics under Queen Elizabeth and King James I.
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Poor. Some marks to cover & creases to laminate. Water staining to top of pages, effecting parts of text. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 113 p. Saint Austin Literature & Ideas Series.
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Very Good+ 1901157105. Attempts to gain a better understanding of Shakespeare in the context of Elizabethan time and earlier religious upheaval.250gms; Saint Austin Literature & Ideas Series; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 144 pages.
