Shakespeare, Papal Temporal Power, Resistance Theory, Regicide, and Tyrannicide

The socioreligious context of Shakespeare’s plays was shaped by the international contest for authority precipitated, first, by popes’ exercise of their supposed deposing power in the 1570 and 1580 excommunications of Queen Elizabeth, and, second, by Protestant and Catholic theories of political res...

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Main Author: Marotti, Arthur F. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group 2023
In: Reformation
Year: 2023, Volume: 28, Issue: 1, Pages: 17-33
IxTheo Classification:CD Christianity and Culture
KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance
KBF British Isles
KCB Papacy
KDD Protestant Church
SA Church law; state-church law
Further subjects:B Shakespeare and religion
B Shakespeare’s dramas
B resistance theories
B regicide
B Tyrannicide
B papal deposing power
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