The Catholicism of Literature in the Age of the Book of Common Prayer - Poetry, Plays, Works, 1558-1689

This book demonstrates the continuity of Roman Catholicism in English Literature in a Biblicist age which established the Church of England through the Book of Common Prayer. Key figures covered include William Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Thomas Middleton, Queen Henrietta Maria, John Donne, Margaret Cavendish and Aphra Behn. -- .