Shakespeare's religion.

From: First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and PublicLife | Date: May 1, 2008| Author: Miola, Robert | Copyright information

In 1613, at the end of his career, Shakespeare joined John Fletcher to dramatize the reign of Henry VIII--the king who broke with Rome and started the Protestant revolution in England. The play ends with Thomas Cranmer's rhapsodic paean to the once and future queen, Elizabeth, who would consolidate the Anglican settlement:

 
   This royal infant--heaven still move about her!-- 
   Though in her cradle, yet now promises 
   Upon this land a thousand, thousand blessings, 
  ...

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