The King's Ring: A Matter of Trust

Joseph William Sterrett

doi:10.1057/978-1-137-57853-2

The King's Ring: A Matter of Trust

Joseph William Sterrett

Institut for Kommunikation og Kultur - Engelsk

Publikation: Bidrag til bog/antologi/rapport/proceeding › Bidrag til bog/antologi › Forskning › peer review

Abstract

This essay examines the material and social effects of an exchange of trust between a king, Henry VIII, and his counsellor, Thomas Cranmer in Shakespeare and Fletcher’s All is True. The ring that the King gives Cranmer is both nothing and everything: nothing in that it could be anything, any ring, and everything because it is the King’s and is declared to be so. Such a performance of trust not only protects the King’s favoured minister, it dares and threatens Cranmer's enemies to do or say something that would jeopardise the King’s trust in them. It is thus a uniquely assertive form of trust, a site where material, political and social values meet.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Titel	Shakespeare and Authority : Citations, Conceptions and Constructions
Redaktører	Katie Halsey, Angus Vine
Antal sider	15
Udgivelsessted	London
Forlag	Palgrave Macmillan
Publikationsdato	20 feb. 2018
Sider	179-194
ISBN (Trykt)	978-1-137-57852-5
ISBN (Elektronisk)	978-1-137-57853-2
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-57853-2
Status	Udgivet - 20 feb. 2018

Navn	Palgrave Shakespeare Studies

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10.1057/978-1-137-57853-2

TRIL: Trust and Risk in Literature
Sterrett, J. W. (Deltager), Teymouri Niknam, A. (Deltager) & McCausland, E. (Deltager)
01/09/2016 → 31/08/2019
Projekter: Projekt › Forskning
Trust and Risk in Literature Network
Sterrett, J. W. (Projektleder), Khair, T. (Deltager), McCausland, E. (Deltager) & Teymouri Niknam, A. (Deltager)
01/08/2015 → 30/11/2017
Projekter: Projekt › Forskning

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