Shakespeare and the Catholic Faith in England Under Elizabeth and James
by
John Waterfield
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2009
Shakespeare has traditionally been viewed as Queen Elizabeth's 'poet laureate', and as the official mouthpiece of the Elizabethan age. But the Elizabethan world was torn apart by the religious divisions initiated by the Reformation, and vitiated by the government's merciless persecution of Catholics....