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During a sinister interchange between one of the little princes and his wicked uncle, Richard III, the prince wonders how truth is passed down the ages - whether through the written or the spoken word (3.1.75-83). The prince believes, he says innocently, that the history of the Tower of London - a choice of subject never far from the minds of English Catholics - would survive simply by word of mouth, even if it were never written down. The little prince has stepped into dangerous territory. He i
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― Shadowplay: The Hidden Beliefs and Coded Politics of William Shakespeare
― Shadowplay: The Hidden Beliefs and Coded Politics of William Shakespeare
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What we call "the Reformation" was essentially the reaction of the barbaric, the ill-tutored and the isolated places external to the old and deep-rooted Roman civilization, against the influences of that civilization.
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― Europe and the Faith
― Europe and the Faith
