Shakespeare and Catholicism: The Jesuits as Cultural Mediators in Early Modern Europe.
The essay discusses the possibility that English playwright William Shakespeare was a Catholic. Evidence from the time is presented, including the fact that Catholicism was prevalent in Stratford, England, his place of birth, that his mother's family was Catholic, and that the Catholic testament of...
| Publicado en: | Critical Survey Vol. 21; no. 3; pp. 72 - 87 |
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Berghahn Books
2009
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| Sumario: | The essay discusses the possibility that English playwright William Shakespeare was a Catholic. Evidence from the time is presented, including the fact that Catholicism was prevalent in Stratford, England, his place of birth, that his mother's family was Catholic, and that the Catholic testament of the Jesuit Carlo Borromeo in the name of John Shakespeare, William's father, was found hidden in the roof of his Henley Street house in the 18th century. |
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