Paola Pugliatti discusses “Shakespeare and the ‘Military Revolution’: The Social and Cultural Weapons of Reformed War”. Pugliatti is Professor of English at the University of Florence, Italy. This talk was included in the session titled, “Shakespeare and Tudor Institutional Change”.

Rethinking Shakespeare in the Social Depths of Politics

Shakespeare and the “Military Revolution”: The Social and Cultural Weapons of Reformed War

The “new social history” has exploded the myth that Shakespeare’s society comprised a culture of obedience. Repositioning his works in the popular politics of his period, social historians and literary critics reassess Shakespeare’s presentation of power and authority.

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Rethinking Shakespeare in the Social Depths of Politics