The question of Shakespeare's Catholic contexts has occupied many scholars in recent years and this study brings together 16 original essays examining Shakespea

Shakespeare and Religion examines the topic of religion in Shakespearean drama from two points of view: the historical, and that of postmodern philosophy and th

The figure of the puritan has long been conceived as dour and repressive in character, an image which has been central to ways of reading sixteenth- and sevente

This volume freshly illuminates the diversity of early modern religious beliefs, practices and issues, and their representation in Shakespeare's plays.

Written by an international team of literary scholars and historians, this collaborative volume illuminates the diversity of early modern religious beliefs and