Political protest and prophecy under Henry VIII

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Political protest and prophecy under Henry VIII

Sharon L. Jansen

Boydell Press, c1991

  • alk. paper

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Includes index

Bibliography: p. 171-177

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`All evidence - and good evidence too... As Jansen shows, almost all [prophetic utterances] were accurate quotations from an established body of prophetic literature whose principal fount was Geoffrey of Monmouth.' TIMES LITERARYSUPPLEMENT In 1538 a Yorkshire vicar called John Dobson was executed for numerous`crymes and defaultes', notably having prophesied that an eagle `wouldspread his wings over the realm', that a crumb `would be brought low',and that scallop shells `would be broken and go to wreck'. Dobson'scase is not an isolated incident during the tumultuous decade of the1530s, when Henry VIII's matrimonial crisis had become only one issuein a series of more widespread theological, ecclesiastical, socialand political controversies. In their resistance to the power of the king and his government, opponents cloaked themselves in the authority of reputed prophets like Merlin and employed the ancienttraditions and techniques of prophecy. SHARON L. JANSEN< is Associate Professor, Department of English, Pacific Lutheran University, Washington.

目次

  • Part 1 The political prophecy in England: origin and development
  • methods
  • influence. Part 2 Trials and examinations of the 1530s: background
  • early warnings and strange doings
  • dangerous precedents
  • the gathering storm
  • the storm breaks
  • threats from the Continent
  • the government's counter-offensive. Part 3 The texts of the prophesies of the 1530s: "The Prophesies of Rhymer, Bede and Merlin"
  • "The Marvels of Merlin"
  • "The Cock of the North"
  • "France and Flanders Then Shall Rise"
  • "The Sayings of the Prophets"
  • "The Prophecy of the Lily, the Lion and the Son of Man"
  • "A Prophecy of a New World Emperor"
  • "When Rome Is Removed into England"
  • "A Prophecy by the Dice"
  • "A Prophecy by the Stars". Part 4 The place of political prophecy in the 1530s. Appendix: Manuscript sources and textual variations.

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