Tudor Drama and Religious Controversy |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 17
Page 86
... clerics , or even Chaucer's . The playwright continues to expose the shortcomings of his priest when Doctor Rat complains of having to make what he considers un- necessary pastoral calls : " If once her [ Gurton's ] fingers - end but ...
... clerics , or even Chaucer's . The playwright continues to expose the shortcomings of his priest when Doctor Rat complains of having to make what he considers un- necessary pastoral calls : " If once her [ Gurton's ] fingers - end but ...
Page 88
... cleric's expense , is in good sport . The priest's behavior would probably place him among pre - Refor- mation clerics of the Old Faith , yet his function in the play is not nec- essarily a malicious satire of corruption among the ...
... cleric's expense , is in good sport . The priest's behavior would probably place him among pre - Refor- mation clerics of the Old Faith , yet his function in the play is not nec- essarily a malicious satire of corruption among the ...
Page 156
... clerics openly denounce but secretly employ in their ambitious climb to Peter's chair . Marlowe exploits contemporary Elizabethan at- titudes toward licentious nuns and friars for comic effect . At the same time , he " exposes ...
... clerics openly denounce but secretly employ in their ambitious climb to Peter's chair . Marlowe exploits contemporary Elizabethan at- titudes toward licentious nuns and friars for comic effect . At the same time , he " exposes ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
allusion antipapal appeal Archbishop audience authority Bale Bale's Barabas bishop of Rome Book of Homilies Cardinal Christ Christian Church of England claims clergy clerics confession corrupt Council of Trent crown declared Dissimulation doctrine dominions doth dramatists ecclesiastical controversy Edward effective Elizabeth Elizabethan Elizabethan Settlement English subjects excommunication father friars Gee and Hardy God's hath Henry VIII Henry's heresy heretic Holy Church Homilies humor hypocrisy invasion Ithimore Jesuits John's jurisdiction King John king's legate Lollards Mary monks Nobility obedience obey Old Faith ordered Pandulph papacy papal Parliament Philogonus Philologus polemical pope pope's Praemunire priest princes Private Wealth propaganda Protestant queen realm rebellion Reformation Regnans in excelsis reign religion religious controversy religious dispute Roman Catholic Romanist Royal Injunctions saints satire says scene scriptural Sedition sermons Settlement Shakespeare's Sir John spiritual Statute Stephen Langton superstition Supreme Head tells temporal thou throne tion treason Tudor Tyranny Usurped Power Vices Wyclif