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Frontmatter -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CONTENTS -- 1. INTRODUCTION : SOME APPROACHES TO TOPICAL MEANING -- 2. THE WORLDLY CHURCH AND COURT POLITICS -- 3 . CHAPLAIN MEDWALL AND THE NEW TUDOR RULING CLASS -- 4. SKELTON AND THE OLD ARISTOCRACY -- 5 . HEYWOOD'S COMIC PLEADING FOR RECONCILIATION -- 6. SPECULATIONS IN DEMOCRATIC IDEALISM -- 7. ROYAL DIVORCE AND SUPPRESSION OF THE MONASTERIES -- 8 . HENRY VIII AND HIS SON ASPROTESTANT SAINTS -- 9 . ENGLAND RETURNS TO CATHOLICISM: HOW FAR? -- 10 . THE ELIZABETHAN SETTLEMENT -- 11 . UNWELCOME ADVICE ON THE SUCCESSION -- 12 . THE QUESTION OF OBEDIENCE TO A TYRANT -- 13 . THE TRIUMPH OF DEVOTION -- 14. WAR FEVER -- 15. VOX POPULI -- 16. ORTHODOX REPLY -- 17. SATIRE AND THE STATE -- 18. LAST YEARS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- TEXTS OF THE PLAYS -- WORKS FREQUENTLY CITED -- NOTES -- INDEX