Protesting against Those Who Have “Risen up against Princes”: How Political Concerns Alter John Donne’s Usually Ecumenical Voice
John Donne’s angry portrayal of Jesuits in England, different from his usual generous posture toward a wide variety of Christian confessions, is focused in Ignatius His Conclave (1611) on what he perceives to be an abuse of spiritual authority for political ends. The portrait Donne draws in his sati...
| Published in: | Christianity & literature |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Johns Hopkins University Press
2021
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Christianity & literature
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| IxTheo Classification: | CD Christianity and Culture CG Christianity and Politics KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KBF British Isles KDB Roman Catholic Church |
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Oath of Allegiance
B Jesuit B Ignatius His Conclave B English Catholic B John Donne |
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| Summary: | John Donne’s angry portrayal of Jesuits in England, different from his usual generous posture toward a wide variety of Christian confessions, is focused in Ignatius His Conclave (1611) on what he perceives to be an abuse of spiritual authority for political ends. The portrait Donne draws in his satire is a caricature of a Jesuit, one who stands apart from spiritual matters, a character clothed almost wholly in political cloth. Many cultural conditions contributed to Donne’s perception, from the English response to the Gunpowder Plot to King James’s attempt to define a difference between loyal and disloyal Roman Catholic English. |
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| ISSN: | 2056-5666 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Christianity & literature
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1353/chy.2021.0012 |