Provider: World Shakespeare Bibliography https://www.worldshakesbib.org Database: WSB Content: text/plain; charset="utf-8" TY - JOUR VL - 149 T2 - Shakespeare Jahrbuch SP - 72-87 ID - bbbc398 T1 - "Faith and Doubt in Shakespeare's Henry VI, Parts 1 and 2 and King John" AU - Mayer, Jean-Christophe PY - 2013 DA - 2026 KW - faith KW - religion KW - politics KW - Babington Plot KW - Spanish Armada LA - English AB - Uses 1 and 2 Henry VI and King John to argue that "faith in Shakespeare is not so much a matter of systematic allegiance as one of constant debate and controversy," reading the plays in the context of the religious and political turmoil of the 1590s, including Elizabeth's excommunication, Mary Stuart's troubling presence in England, the Babington Plot, and the Spanish Armada. German summary, 86-87. ER -