Alterations of State: Sacred Kingship in the English ReformationTraditional notions of sacred kingship became both more grandiose and more problematic during England's turbulent sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The reformation launched by Henry VIII and his claims for royal supremacy and divine right rule led to the suppression of the Mass, as the host and crucifix were overshadowed by royal iconography and pageantry. These changes began a religious controversy in England that would lead to civil war, regicide, restoration, and ultimately revolution. |
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... majesty" jeopard- izes the entire social and cosmic order , rendering time itself " out of joint . " The play also dramatizes the deep ambivalence aroused by notions of sacred kingship in the English Reformation . Among many other ...
... majesty " into a form of holy communion . A comparable symbol of Christike sacrifice appears in 1649 on the title page of The Princely Pel- lican , one of the many hagiographic tributes to Charles I , the martyr- king ( figure 34 ) .10 ...
... majesty " is a major subject of this book . Stephen Greenblatt has convincingly shown how Hamlet is " charged with the language of eucharistic anxiety " in its desire for spiritual liberation from fleshly corruption.24 In his eagerness ...
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Contents
Real Presence to Royal Presence | 1 |
Sacred Space John Skelton and Westminsters Royal Sepulcher | 23 |
Rites of Memory Shakespeare and the Elizabethan Compromise | 55 |
Idolizing Kings John Milton and Stuart Rule | 87 |
Sacramental to Sentimental Andrew Marvell and the Restoration | 123 |
Notes | 157 |
Index | 205 |
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Alterations of State: Sacred Kingship in the English Reformation Richard C. McCoy No preview available - 2002 |