Bold Conscience: Luther to Shakespeare to Milton
https://www.worldshakesbib.org/entry/aaao3/
Author:
	Held, Joshua R.
Type:
	Book Monograph
Year:
	2023
Publication Information:
	Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2023. x + 238 pp.
Series Statement:
	(Strode Studies in Early Modern Literature and Culture.)
Annotation:
	Examines role of moral conscience in early modern literary culture, particuarly "bold conscience" which is uncompromising and refuses to be ignored. Offers Shakespeare's Hamlet and Henry VIII as case studies of bold conscience, arguing that in Hamlet "the conscience of the protagonist shifts from cowardice to politicized boldness."
Language:
	English
Tags:
	Hamlet, Henry VIII, Scholarship, Criticism, History of Criticism
WSB Update:
	Spring 2025
WSB Record Number:
	aaao3