Shakespeare’s Hybrid Faith

1. Introduction: Shakespeare’s Hybrid Faith
Jean-Christophe Mayer

2. Theatre, Witchcraft and the Crisis of Faith in King Henry VI, Parts 1 and 2
Jean-Christophe Mayer

3. Acting the Insubstantial in King Richard III
Jean-Christophe Mayer

4. Religious Conscience and the Struggle for the Succession in Richard II
Jean-Christophe Mayer

5. ’so mak’st thou faith an enemy to faith’: Religion, Propaganda and Dreams of National Unity in King John
Jean-Christophe Mayer

6. The Discovery of a ‘Popish Plot’? The Chamberlain’s Men and the 1601 Essex Rising
Jean-Christophe Mayer

7. Revisiting the Reformation: Shakespeare and Fletcher’s King Henry VIII
Jean-Christophe Mayer

8. Conclusion
Jean-Christophe Mayer

Keywords: Literature, Early Modern/Renaissance Literature, Religious Studies, general, British and Irish Literature, Poetry and Poetics