“O Piteous Spectacle! O Bloody Times!”: The Faithlessness of English Identity in <i>1</i>, <i>2</i>, and <i>3 Henry VI</i>

Shakespeare’s Henry VI trilogy is jam-packed with spectacle: heads are severed and made to kiss, women dress as men and lead armies, ghosts predict the future, and a plethora of miracles take place all over the various locales we visit across fifteen acts. In fact, if “faith is… the evidence of thin...

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Main Author: Matthew Carter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-12-01
Series:Religions
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/15/1/13