Pseudo-Martyr

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Pseudo-Martyr is a 1610 prose treatise by John Donne that argues English Catholics can in good conscience swear allegiance to King James I against papal claims to temporal authority.

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instanceOf book
prose treatise
religious polemic
addresses Catholic recusants in England
arguesAgainst papal authority over temporal matters in England
papal claims to depose secular rulers
arguesThat English Catholics can in good conscience swear allegiance to King James I
associatedWith English Reformation aftermath
Stuart monarchy NERFINISHED
author John Donne NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of England
dedicatedTo King James I of England NERFINISHED
fullTitle Pseudo-Martyr: Wherein Out of Certaine Propositions and Gradations, This Conclusion is Evicted, That Those Which Are of the Romane Religion in This Kingdome, May and Ought to Take the Oath of Allegiance NERFINISHED
genre political theology
theological treatise
hasForm prose
hasInfluenceOn subsequent interpretations of Donne as a political theologian
hasPart scholarly apparatus of citations and authorities
hasTitle Pseudo-Martyr NERFINISHED
historicalContext controversy over the Oath of Allegiance of 1606
post-Gunpowder Plot anti-Catholic tensions in England
influencedBy Jacobean political theology
debates on papal deposing power
intendedAudience English Catholics NERFINISHED
royal and governmental readers
language English
literaryMovement early modern English prose
mainTopic English Catholic loyalty
Oath of Allegiance
papal temporal authority
notableFor early major prose work of John Donne
engagement with Catholic conscience and loyalty
opposes extreme papalist positions
philosophicalTheme limits of papal jurisdiction
nature of political obedience
relationship between spiritual and temporal power
positionHeld defense of allegiance to King James I
printedIn London NERFINISHED
publicationYear 1610
publisherRole early modern English printer-bookseller
religiousContext Anglo-Catholic relations in early Stuart England
Catholic responses to royal oaths
religiousTheme Catholic conscience
loyalty to secular rulers
supports political obedience to the English crown
royal supremacy in temporal affairs
supportsViewOf compatibility of Catholic faith with civil obedience
timePeriod early 17th century

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John Donne notableWork Pseudo-Martyr