two articles

below are the links to two articles, the first focused on past past
history, and the second more focused on the specific time period in which
the play was written. they're long, but i think they have a fair amount of
light to shed on the religious/political climate and situation.

http://www.jstor.org/stable/125405?seq=2

http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/cmr_0008-0160_1991_num_32_3_2285

the next direction i hope to take with research is how the military ties
into all this...

- Jessie