Shakespeare, the Earl, and the JesuitThe name of the Jesuit Robert Southwell has now and then been linked with Shakespeare's, but vaguely and tentatively. The name of Henry Wriothesley, third earl of Southampton, has been perennially been linked with Shakespeare's, sometimes not vaguely and tentatively enough. This book offers reasons for believing in a relationship among the three men, who were "kinsmen" as their contemporaries understood the term. --From publisher's description. |
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Page 121
... Protestant Europe in the sixteenth century . In- deed , Shakespeare refers later in the play to the French wars of religion , when " France " is described as " arm'd and reverted , mak- ing war against her heir " ( 3.2.123-24 ) , thus ...
... Protestant Europe in the sixteenth century . In- deed , Shakespeare refers later in the play to the French wars of religion , when " France " is described as " arm'd and reverted , mak- ing war against her heir " ( 3.2.123-24 ) , thus ...
Page 184
... Protestant , or at least arguing that Hamlet's attendance at Wittenberg , “ Luther's university , ” must mean that the Prince himself was a Protestant.95 The assumption is questionable , and the argument ill - founded . One might as ...
... Protestant , or at least arguing that Hamlet's attendance at Wittenberg , “ Luther's university , ” must mean that the Prince himself was a Protestant.95 The assumption is questionable , and the argument ill - founded . One might as ...
Page 186
... Protestants believed did not exist . Dover Wilson once called him " the only non - Protestant in the play , ' " 101 but this idea is surely untenable . If the younger Hamlet were a Protestant , as so many have maintained , he would ...
... Protestants believed did not exist . Dover Wilson once called him " the only non - Protestant in the play , ' " 101 but this idea is surely untenable . If the younger Hamlet were a Protestant , as so many have maintained , he would ...
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