How Far Does Renaissance Drama Endorse Providentialism?

Providentialism plays as large a part in renaissance drama as it did in the lives of those who wrote and watched it. Lasting from the year 1450 and extending through to 1600, the renaissance saw the creative expression of religion throughout the world. Examples of this can be seen in the first printed bible and the painting of the Sistine Chapel, however it was also a time of great social turbulence as religious transformations were thrust upon …

…knowledge is through God. While there are factors that argue contrary to this belief, providentialsm is proved to be endorsed by Renaissance drama through this play. Bibliography. Faust: A Tragedy: Interpretive Notes, Contexts, Modern Criticism (Norton Critical Editions) - September 2000. English Renaissance Drama (A Norton Anthology) 2002 Marlowe: Dr. Faustus (Studies in English Literature) - 1962 http://www.bolchazy.com/al/pope.htm (Veterum sapientia February 22, 1962.) http://athena.english.vt.edu/~jmooney/renmats/faustus.htm Word Count : 1,502