... resistance royal supremacy royalist Trinity John Donne martyrdom oath of allegiance James I pseudo-martyr martyrology Thomas More Biathanatos John Foxe Richard Verstegan The field of Donne scholarship is one of considerable size. New studies addressing Donne’s life and works appear in print...

..., and theological implications of suicide in his Biathanatos which was published posthumously. The article goes on to analyse the reception of Biathanatos, Donne’s intention in writing it, and the subsequent critical analysis it received. Genres Writings Paradoxes Utopia More...

... of satanic suggestion. Major Shakespearean texts, such as Hamlet and King Lear, are considered alongside Renaissance texts by Sidney, Kyd, Browne, and Milton. The reaction to the publication of John Donne's Biathanatos is given extended attention...

...This chapter investigates another neglected work by Donne: Biathanatos, his treatise on suicide (composed c. 1608; published 1647). Donne's engagement with Augustine focuses on the City of God; however, unlike the Essayes in Divinity, which closely...

... himself seems to have visited Conway in London, and the rest of the chapter examines the possibility that Conway possessed a manuscript copy of Biathanatos, Donne’s suicide tract, and that Ben Jonson was its scribe. Donne John Elizabeth I Queen of England and Ireland Goodere Sir Henry...

... Augustine noble death Biathanatos ‘The Flea’ doubting conscience In the third century, Tertullian (c.155–c.250) famously wrote that ‘the blood of martyrs is the seed of Christians’. ¹ This view, which advanced the common notion that martyrdom can only be achieved through death, could...

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