Was he? Or Wasn't he?

[miafeliz]

The lastest on the Shakespeare, was he a Catholic or not, debate:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/hay-festival/8544849/Hay-Festival-2011-William-Shakespeare-was-probably-a-Catholic.html

Comments

[vonjunzt]

I enjoyed the last paragraph the best. If the Archbishop of Canterbury were a serial killer, I'm sure we'd get a lot more conversions from the Anglicans.

[hagazusa]

I thought some of the comments had a lot more gravitas than the vague statements in the actual article. We know that Shakespeare's father was a Catholic from his will.

[soliano]

Given that England had been pretty much staunchly Catholic prior to HVII and top down changes take a long time, I think it is safe to say that he, along with many others who attended CofE services had traditional Catholic beliefs despite the 39 articles.