From Penitent to Suspect: Law, Purgatory, and Renaissance Drama.

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      ENGLAND
    • Abstract:
      Discusses the relationship between Reformation demystification and Renaissance theater. Portrayal of Purgatory in English Renaissance works; Stephen Greenblatt's search for the cultural roots of Protestant Renaissance theater in the Catholic doctrine of Purgatory; Question of jurisdictional conflict in the opening decades of the 16th century; Common lawyers' challenging of the ecclesiastical authorities' jurisdiction; Conceptual transformation implied by the conflict between spiritual and secular jurisdictions.