Henry VIII, Shakespeare, and the Jacobean Royal Court

Bibliographic Data

ID23237992
AuthorsMark Rankin (0000-0003-1565-2266, corresponding author)
Year2011
Volume51
Issue2
Pages349-366
Publication date2011-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueStudies in English Literature 1500-1900 (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0039-3657 • E-ISSN: 1522-9270
PublisherProject MUSE (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1353/sel.2011.0018
OpenAlexW2039527557
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited13

Early Stuart history plays by William Shakespeare and Samuel Rowley join an ongoing debate over the continued cultural relevance of Henry VIII to the Stuart Court. In anachronistic representations of the Tudor king, both playwrights lodge typological arguments designed to flatter the perceived interests and agendas of their respective patrons, King James and Prince Henry Frederick. This evidence raises larger implications concerning the potential of Shakespearean-era plays to offer royal counsel and shape opinion. At stake are competing narratives of the Henrician Reformation that could legitimate differing ideological commitments concerning history and English Protestant orthodoxy.

Anachronism · Art · Ideology · Literature · Narrative · Orthodoxy · Political science · Politics · Protestantism · Classics · Historical Art and Culture Studies · History · Law · Philosophy · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity

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