Reformers on stage
Subtitle: popular drama and religious propaganda in the low countries of Charles V, 1515-1556
By: Gary K. Waite
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 364
Subjects: Chambers of rhetoric -- Benelux countries -- History; Dutch drama -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism; Theater and society -- Benelux countries -- History -- 16th century; Theater -- Religious aspects; Reformation -- Benelux countries
Description: "Gary Waite examines the social and religious messages of the plays presented, showing how they promoted or opposed calls for reform, religious and otherwise.".

"Presenting an overview of some eighty surviving scripts from across the Low Countries, Waite considers in particular the culture and drama of two distinct urban communities: Antwerp and Amsterdam. He argues that the dramatists promoted a wide range of reform perspectives, but in so doing they reshaped reform ideas to accommodate their own concerns as urban artisans and merchants.

In the end, despite their desire for peace, they contributed significantly to the rise of anticlerical sentiment and reform aspirations and to increasing dissatisfaction with Habsburg rule." "Offering perspectives gleaned from primary material that is available only in sixteenth-century Dutch, this study adds significantly to existing scholarship on the local ramifications of the Reformation in the Low Countries."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index