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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... young Shakespeare a Catholicism by association . Shakespeare was reared in a Catholic family . He may have known in Stratford the Catholic schoolmaster John Cot- tam , brother of an executed Jesuit priest . Shortly INTRODUCTION 17.
... young Shakespeare a Catholicism by association . Shakespeare was reared in a Catholic family . He may have known in Stratford the Catholic schoolmaster John Cot- tam , brother of an executed Jesuit priest . Shortly INTRODUCTION 17.
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John Klause. tam , brother of an executed Jesuit priest . Shortly before the execu- tion , Cottam left Stratford for ... priests involved in conjuring , or his uncovering of Sander Simpcox's false miracle reveal any- thing significant ...
John Klause. tam , brother of an executed Jesuit priest . Shortly before the execu- tion , Cottam left Stratford for ... priests involved in conjuring , or his uncovering of Sander Simpcox's false miracle reveal any- thing significant ...
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... priest from Stratford had connections with Shakespeare's in - laws , the Hathaways , and Dibdale may have been a Shakespeare cousin . Once a student at Stratford's Grammar School , Dibdale was a friend of one schoolmaster of ...
... priest from Stratford had connections with Shakespeare's in - laws , the Hathaways , and Dibdale may have been a Shakespeare cousin . Once a student at Stratford's Grammar School , Dibdale was a friend of one schoolmaster of ...
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... priest was still a member of the Society of Jesus.1 It was extraordinary , however , for an earl , a playwright , and a Jesuit in the England of Elizabeth to have the kind of ties shared by Southampton , Shakespeare , and Robert ...
... priest was still a member of the Society of Jesus.1 It was extraordinary , however , for an earl , a playwright , and a Jesuit in the England of Elizabeth to have the kind of ties shared by Southampton , Shakespeare , and Robert ...
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... priests , and to receive Catholic visitors such as the Gages , kin to all three men , and ( perhaps ) Southwell's sister , Mary Banes- ter ; 9 from this site it was not a very long walk down Chancery Lane to Arundel House , frequently ...
... priests , and to receive Catholic visitors such as the Gages , kin to all three men , and ( perhaps ) Southwell's sister , Mary Banes- ter ; 9 from this site it was not a very long walk down Chancery Lane to Arundel House , frequently ...
Contents
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Lucrece | 75 |
Ephesus Rome and London | 109 |
Hamlet | 145 |
Alls Well that Ends Well | 201 |
Measure for Measure | 226 |
Conclusion | 256 |
Notes | 260 |
Bibliography | 311 |
Index | 326 |
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