The Drama of Reform: Theology and Theatricality, 1461-1553

Acknowledgements vii
Abbreviations ix
Notes to the Reader x
Introduction 1
Chapter 1. Spectacle and Sacrilege: The Croxton \'Play of the Sacrament\' and the Performance of Miracles 17
The \'Play of the Sacrament\' 21
Seeing and Believing 30
Spectacular Proof 39
Playing Miracles 55
Chapter 2. Performance and Polemic:
John Bale and the Poetics of Propaganda 65
\'King Johan\' and \'Three Laws\' 68
Playing Prelates 83
Holy Histrionics 91
Chapter 3. Staging Iconoclasm: Lewis Wager\'s \'Life and Repentaunce\'
of Mary Magdalene and Cranmer’s Laws against Images 101
\'The Life and Repentaunce of Mary Magdalene\' 103
Abused Images 106
Honest Playing 118
Chapter 4. Staged Presence: \'Jacke Jugeler\' and the Edwardian Eucharistic Controversy 127
\'Jacke Jugeler\' and Iconic Identity 130
The Edwardian Eucharistic Controversy 135
Drama as Metaphor 146
Conclusion 153
Bibliography 159
Index 189