Witnessing to the Faith: Absolutism and the Conscience in John Donne's England

ISBN-13: 9781526154842 / Angielski

Shanyn Altman

Opis

This book examines John Donne's theory of royal absolutism within a tradition of conformist thought.It argues that Donne displaced the conventional opposition between Catholics and Protestants and instead divided English subjects into two political categories: those who obey the law and those who break it. -- .