Mary's obedience and power in the trial of Mary and Joseph

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The N-town cycle play is related to the position of Virgin Mary and the difference between man's and God's sense of justice. Mary Pageants of the N-town cycle is discussed in terms of fifteenth-century theories of legality and justice with special emphasis on Sir John Fortescue. Mary faces justice through judges who are humble to the divine will and human law. The very birth of Mary distinguishes God's law radically from human law. Mary's faith in God's supreme power saves her as well as the court because the administrators of the court are conscious of the limitations.

Justice, Art, Christianity and justice

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Painted women: annunciation motifs in 'Hamlet.'(Drama and the English Reformation)

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Annunciation needs to be understood in order to know Hamlet's confusion, anger, and need for acceptance of God's grace. Annunciation was represented in religious imagery and continued to be a part of favorite themes of art. Some visual images survived the Reformation in England and they reveal substantial representation of the Annunciation motif in painted glass, carvings in wood, ivory, and illuminated manuscripts.

Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, England, Religious aspects, Literature, Hamlet (Play), Christianity and literature, Reformation

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Garbled martyrdom in Christopher Marlowe's 'The Massacre at Paris.'(Drama and the English Reformation)

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The 1572 St. Bartholomew's Day massacres continue to shock people, even in the twentieth century. According to some reports, Catholics brutally killed Protestants in the streets of Paris. However, Christopher Marlowe's play 'The Massacre at Paris,' is viewed by many as a failure. Some have even suggested that it was weak, confused, and often times unintelligible.

Massacres, Portrayals, Criticism and interpretation, Marlowe, Christopher, St. Bartholomew's Day, Massacre of, 1572

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