01868nam a2200361 a 4500 EDZ0000093386 StDuBDS 20150804193935.0 m||||||||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 120813s2012 enkb fo| 001 0 eng|d 9780191741982 (ebook) : No price StDuBDS StDuBDS PR649.P6 822.309358 23 Wiggins, Martin. Drama and the transfer of power in Renaissance England [electronic resource] / Martin Wiggins. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012. 1 online resource. : map. The state is at its most volatile when supreme power changes hands. This book studies five such moments of transfer in the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, from Henry VIII to the English Revolution, paying particular attention to the political function and agency of drama in smoothing the transition. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on Aug. 13, 2012). Includes bibliographical references and index. English drama Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 History and criticism. English drama 17th century History and criticism. Politics and literature England History 16th century. Politics and literature England History 17th century. Theater Political aspects England History 16th century. Theater Political aspects England History 17th century. Great Britain Politics and government 1485-1603. Great Britain Politics and government 1603-1649. Print version 9780199650590 Oxford scholarship online http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199650590.001.0001 37659 37659