The Merchant of Venice
Texts and Contexts
First Edition
Publication Date: March 04, 2002
Paperback ISBN: 9780312256241
Pages: 400
This edition of Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice reprints the Bevington edition of the play along with documents and illustrations thematically arranged to offer a richly textured understanding of early modern culture and Shakespeare’s work within that culture. The texts include maps,...
ABOUT THE SERIES
ABOUT THIS VOLUME
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Introduction
PART ONE
William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice
(Edited by David Bevington)
William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice
(Edited by David Bevington)
PART TWO
Cultural Contexts
Cultural Contexts
1. Venice
English Ideas of Venice and Italians
Nation, Race, and Religion
Nation, Race, and Religion
William Thomas, From The History of Italy
Thomas Coryate, From Coryates Crudities
Dudley Carleton, The English Ambassador’s Notes
William Bedell, Letter to Adam Newton
A Discovery of the Great Subtlety and Wonderful Wisdom of the Italians
Robert Wilson, From The Three Ladies of London
Thomas Coryate, From Coryates Crudities
Dudley Carleton, The English Ambassador’s Notes
William Bedell, Letter to Adam Newton
A Discovery of the Great Subtlety and Wonderful Wisdom of the Italians
Robert Wilson, From The Three Ladies of London
Queen Elizabeth I, Proclamation Ordering Peace Kept in London
Sir Edward Coke, From The Reports
Fynes Moryson, From An Itinerary
John Leo, From A Geographical History of Africa
George Best, From A True Discourse of the Late Voyages of Discovery, for the Finding
of a Passage to Cathaya
John Leo, From A Geographical History of Africa
Sebastian Munster, From The Messiah of the Christians and the Jews
Andrew Willet, From Concerning the Universal and Final Vocation of the Jews
Sir Edward Coke, From The Reports
Fynes Moryson, From An Itinerary
John Leo, From A Geographical History of Africa
George Best, From A True Discourse of the Late Voyages of Discovery, for the Finding
of a Passage to Cathaya
John Leo, From A Geographical History of Africa
Sebastian Munster, From The Messiah of the Christians and the Jews
Andrew Willet, From Concerning the Universal and Final Vocation of the Jews
2. Finance
Usury
Jews
Merchants
Biblical Laws
Thomas Wilson, From A Discourse upon Usury by Way of Dialogue and Orations
Debate on the Usury Bill
Usury Bill
Francis Bacon, Of Usury
Sir Edward Coke, From The Institutes of the Laws of England
Yehiel Nissim da Pisa, From The Eternal Life
David de Pomis, From De Medico Hebraeo
Leon Modena, From The History of Rites, Customs, and Manners of Life, of the Present
Jews
Merchants
Biblical Laws
Thomas Wilson, From A Discourse upon Usury by Way of Dialogue and Orations
Debate on the Usury Bill
Usury Bill
Francis Bacon, Of Usury
Sir Edward Coke, From The Institutes of the Laws of England
Yehiel Nissim da Pisa, From The Eternal Life
David de Pomis, From De Medico Hebraeo
Leon Modena, From The History of Rites, Customs, and Manners of Life, of the Present
Jews, throughout the World
Sir Thomas Sherley, The Profit That May Be Raised to Your Majesty out of the Jews
Sir Thomas Sherley, The Profit That May Be Raised to Your Majesty out of the Jews
Nicolas de Nicolay, From The Navigations, Peregrinations, and Voyages made into
Turkey
The Levant Company’s Charter
John Wheeler, From A Treatise of Commerce
Daniel Price, The Merchant: A Sermon Preached at Paul’s Cross
The Levant Company’s Charter
John Wheeler, From A Treatise of Commerce
Daniel Price, The Merchant: A Sermon Preached at Paul’s Cross
3. Religion
Catholics versus Protestants
Jews as Other
Conversion
Jews in England
John Foxe, From Acts and Monuments
William Allen, From A True, Sincere, and Modest Defense of English Catholics
Robert Parsons, From A Brief Discourse Containing Certain Reasons Why Catholics
Refuse to go to Church
Queen Elizabeth I, Proclamations on Priests
St. Paul, On Law and Grace
Andrew Willet, From Tetrastylon Papisticum
Richard Bristow, From Demands to be Proponed of Catholics to the Heretics
William Perkins, From A Faithful and Plain Exposition upon the To First Verses of the
Jews as Other
Conversion
Jews in England
John Foxe, From Acts and Monuments
William Allen, From A True, Sincere, and Modest Defense of English Catholics
Robert Parsons, From A Brief Discourse Containing Certain Reasons Why Catholics
Refuse to go to Church
Queen Elizabeth I, Proclamations on Priests
St. Paul, On Law and Grace
Andrew Willet, From Tetrastylon Papisticum
Richard Bristow, From Demands to be Proponed of Catholics to the Heretics
William Perkins, From A Faithful and Plain Exposition upon the To First Verses of the
Second Chapter of Zephaniah
Gregory Martin, From Roma Sancta
Thomas Draxe, From The World’s Resurrection
Samuel Usque, From Consolation for the Tribulations of Israel
John Foxe, From Acts and Monuments
Raphael Holinshed, From Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland
John Foxe, From Acts and Monuments
From Fleta
Examination of Roderigo Lopez
William Camden, From The History of Elizabeth, Queen of England
Gregory Martin, From Roma Sancta
Thomas Draxe, From The World’s Resurrection
Samuel Usque, From Consolation for the Tribulations of Israel
John Foxe, From Acts and Monuments
Raphael Holinshed, From Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland
John Foxe, From Acts and Monuments
From Fleta
Examination of Roderigo Lopez
William Camden, From The History of Elizabeth, Queen of England
4. Love and Gender
Women and Marriage
Friendship and Homosociality
Juan Luis Vives, From The Instruction of a Christian Woman
Thomas Becon, From The Catechism
Cornelius Agrippa, From Of the Nobility and Excellency of Womankind
Phillip Stubbes, From The Anatomy of Abuses
Alexander Niccholes, From A Discourse of Marriage and Wiving
Sir Thomas Smith, From De Republica Anglorum
Sir Thomas Elyot, From The Book Named the Governor
Philemon Holland, From Plutarch’s Morals
Friendship and Homosociality
Juan Luis Vives, From The Instruction of a Christian Woman
Thomas Becon, From The Catechism
Cornelius Agrippa, From Of the Nobility and Excellency of Womankind
Phillip Stubbes, From The Anatomy of Abuses
Alexander Niccholes, From A Discourse of Marriage and Wiving
Sir Thomas Smith, From De Republica Anglorum
Sir Thomas Elyot, From The Book Named the Governor
Philemon Holland, From Plutarch’s Morals
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
INDEX
