 | Alterations of State: Sacred Kingship in the English Reformation Subjects: English literature -- Early modern 1500–1700 -- History and criticism; Kings and rulers in literature; Christianity and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 16th century; Christianity and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century; Kings; During the English reformation, writers like John Skelton, Shakespeare, John Milton, and Andrew Marvell grappled with the idea of kingship and royalty, its real presence and figurative power. McCoy explains why religious devotion to the royal person became both more acute and more problematic during England's turbulent seventeenth century. Richard McCoy is professor of English at Queens College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York |
