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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... earls to know Jesuits : the second earl of Southampton ran afoul of the gov- ernment by communicating with Edmund Campion ; Philip How- ard , the earl of Arundel , was reconciled to the Catholic Church by William Weston ; the earl of ...
... earls to know Jesuits : the second earl of Southampton ran afoul of the gov- ernment by communicating with Edmund Campion ; Philip How- ard , the earl of Arundel , was reconciled to the Catholic Church by William Weston ; the earl of ...
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... earl's connubial quandary . The poet may have anticipated or repeated ( although this is not very likely ) advice given in the Sonnets at a time when Southampton's refusal of Lord Burghley's proposal that he marry his granddaughter ...
... earl's connubial quandary . The poet may have anticipated or repeated ( although this is not very likely ) advice given in the Sonnets at a time when Southampton's refusal of Lord Burghley's proposal that he marry his granddaughter ...
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... earl of Southampton ) protected the faith and the faithful so far as it lay within his power . The third earl of Southampton might do the same if he would when he came of age , even if his public adherence to the religious laws of the ...
... earl of Southampton ) protected the faith and the faithful so far as it lay within his power . The third earl of Southampton might do the same if he would when he came of age , even if his public adherence to the religious laws of the ...
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