This book argues that the destruction of Jerusalem is a key explanatory trope for early modern texts.

This book explores the fall of Jerusalem and restores to its rightful place one of the key explanatory tropes of early modern English culture. Showing the impor

This compelling book explores sixteenth- and seventeenth-century English retellings of the Roman siege of Jerusalem and the way they informed and were informed

The Bible had a profound impact on early modern culture, and bible-reading shaped the period's drama, poetry, and life-writings, as well as sermons and biblical

This book explores the Bible as a political document in seventeenth-century England, revealing how it provided a key language of political debate.