CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii
3. CONTENTS ix
4. 1. INTRODUCTION : SOME APPROACHES TO TOPICAL MEANING 1
5. 2. THE WORLDLY CHURCH AND COURT POLITICS 27
6. 3 . CHAPLAIN MEDWALL AND THE NEW TUDOR RULING CLASS 42
7. 4. SKELTON AND THE OLD ARISTOCRACY 54
8. 5 . HEYWOOD‘S COMIC PLEADING FOR RECONCILIATION 64
9. 6. SPECULATIONS IN DEMOCRATIC IDEALISM 75
10. 7. ROYAL DIVORCE AND SUPPRESSION OF THE MONASTERIES 86
11. 8 . HENRY VIII AND HIS SON ASPROTESTANT SAINTS 96
12. 9 . ENGLAND RETURNS TO CATHOLICISM: HOW FAR? 114
13. 10 . THE ELIZABETHAN SETTLEMENT 127
14. 11 . UNWELCOME ADVICE ON THE SUCCESSION 141
15. 12 . THE QUESTION OF OBEDIENCE TO A TYRANT 156
16. 13 . THE TRIUMPH OF DEVOTION 168
17. 14. WAR FEVER 187
18. 15. VOX POPULI 212
19. 16. ORTHODOX REPLY 230
20. 17. SATIRE AND THE STATE 260
21. 18. LAST YEARS 289
22. ABBREVIATIONS 304
23. TEXTS OF THE PLAYS 305
24. WORKS FREQUENTLY CITED 309
25. NOTES 316
26. INDEX 355