SOUTHWELL, ROBERT

1561?–1595, English Jesuit poet, venerated by Roman Catholics as a martyr, b. Norfolk. He was brought up a Catholic and educated abroad, mainly at Douai. In 1580 he made his simple vows as a Jesuit, and in 1586 at his own request, desiring martyrdom as he said, he was sent to England with Father Garnett to minister to the oppressed Catholics. For six years he was active in the south of England as their pastor, but in 1592 he was arrested and imprisoned. After being tortured he was tried for treason, and on admitting his priesthood he was hanged. His poetry is deeply religious, extolling the beauty and magnificence of the spiritual in contrast to the material. Southwell's major work is St. Peter's Complaint (1595), but he also wrote several fine short devotional poems, such as "The Burning Babe."

See his complete poems (1872, repr. 1971); biography by C. Devlin (new ed. 1967).

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Visitations and Memorials of Southwell Minster
Book by Arthur Francis Leach, Cathedral Southwell; 1891
Subjects: Visitations, Ecclesiastical--England--Southwell (Nottinghamshire)
...not, however, the earliest chauntry in Southwell, and Southwell in this respect seems to have been a little...the earliest chauntry was in 1234. At Southwell, it was in 1241 that Robert of Lexington, canon, and a judge of the...
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The Papers of Robert A. Taft: 1889-1939 - Vol. 1
Book by Robert A. Taft, Clarence E. Wunderlin Jr.; Kent State University Press, 1997
Subjects: Legislators--United States--Archives, Ohio--Politics And Government--1865-1950--Sources, Republican Party (United States : 1854- )--History--20th Century--Sources, Taft Family--Archives, Taft, Robert A--(Robert Alphonso)--1889-1953--Archives, United States--Politics And Government--1933-1953--Sources
...volume. The editors search for Robert A. Taft documents was successful...The lengthy research in the Robert A. Taft Papers at the Library...Pittsburgh, Robin Hanson and Robert F. Burk of the Muskingum College...California, Berkeley, Ann L. S. Southwell of the University of Virginia...
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Two Gentle Men: The Lives of George Herbert and Robert Herrick
Book by Marchette Chute; E. P. Dutton, 1959
Subjects: Herbert, George--1593-1633, Herrick, Robert--1591-1674
...Donne, John. Sons of Ben, see Jonson, Ben Southampton, Earl of, 117 Southey, Robert, 273 Southwell, Robert, 33 ; "The Burning Babe," 33 Southwell, Sir Thomas, 183 , 212 Spain, 75 , 81 , 88 , 90 , 194 ; Prince Charles trip to...
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Sir Robert Howard, 1626-1698 a Critical Biography
Book by H. J. Oliver; Duke University Press, 1963
Subjects: Fiction, Howard, Robert--Sir--1626-1698
...the Earl of Danby "J.B." , 234 n. Somerset, Robert Carr, Earl of, 6 n. "Song at Amarantas Command...Samuel, 92 , 97 , 114 Souldiers Catechisme, The , 54 Southwell, Sir Robert, 207 n., 208 , 209 n. Spanish drama: Howard on...
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The Second Cecil: The Rise to Power, 1563-1604 of Sir Robert Cecil, Late First Earl of Salisbury
Book by P. M. Handover; Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1959
Subjects: Salisbury, Robert Cecil--Earl Of--1563-1612
...imperilled the springs of power. When the Jesuit Robert Southwell was being questioned under torture in 1595, Cecil...possible for a man to bear. And yet I have seen Robert Southwell hanging by it, still as a tree-trunk and no one...
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The Curious Case of Robert Southwell, Gerard Hopkins and a Princely Spanish Hawk
Journal article by Gary M. Bouchard; Renascence: Essays on Values in Literature, Vol. 51, 1999
Subjects: Eleanor, Mary, Hopkins, Gerard Manley, Morris, P. Joannes
THE CURIOUS CASE OF ROBERT SOUTHWELL, GERARD HOPKINS AND A PRINCELY...known book of meditations by Robert Southwell (1561-1595) on the Love...Jesuit literary predecessor, Robert Southwell. One other person who would...
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Polemic and Paradox in Robert Southwell's Lyric Poems
Journal article by Sadia Abbas; Criticism, Vol. 45, 2003
Subjects: Lyric poetry--Criticism and interpretation, Southwell, Robert, Saint--Criticism and interpretation
...late Proclamation (1591), Robert Southwell responded systematically to...Notes (1.) See appendix I in Robert Southwell, An Humble Supplication to...Epistle unto His Father," in Robert Southwell, S.J., Two Letters and...
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Southwell's "A Vale of Tears : A Psychoanalysis of Form
Journal article by Gary Kuchar; Mosaic (Winnipeg), Vol. 34, 2001
Subjects: A Vale of Tears (Poem)--Psychological aspects, Christian poetry--Psychological aspects, Grief--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Psychoanalysis and literature--Analysis, Southwell, Robert--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...the early modern Jesuit poet Robert Southwell, particularly his poem "A...Merrill, 1958. Brownlow, FW. Robert Southwell. London: Twayne, 1996. Donne...1994. Janelle, Pierre. Robert Southwell: The Writer. New York: Paul...
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Baffling the Blatant Beast: Robert Persons' Anti-appellant Rhetoric, 1601-1602
Journal article by Victor Houliston; The Catholic Historical Review, Vol. 90, 2004
Subjects: Clergy, Defamation, Persons, Robert, Religious history
...their number, William Bishop and Robert Charnock, to Rome in October...William Allen, William Weston, Robert Southwell, Henry Garnet, and, among foreigners...of a Counterfecte Conference and Robert Fishers Memorial against the Jesuits...
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Marriage, Celibacy, and Ritual in Robert Herrick's 'Hesperides.'
Journal article by Marjorie Swann; Philological Quarterly, Vol. 76, 1997
Subjects: Celibacy--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Herrick, Robert--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Hesperides (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Marriage in literature--Analysis
...weddings of Sir Clipseby Crew and Sir Thomas Southwell. In the "Nuptial! Song" for Crew...her "Bridall-Rites" with Sir Thomas Southwell, and the poet instructs her "neerest...12, 81-82). Herrick positions the Southwell poem, written in 1618, as the first...
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Sir Robert Dudley: Duke of Northumberland: This Swashbuckling Chancer Lived Two Lives, the First English, the Second Italian. Raymond E. Role Chronicles the Chameleon Career Which Ranges from Elizabethan Privateer, Explorer and Courtier to Stuart Expatriate, Religious Renegade, Shipbuilder, Architect, Inventor, Engineer, Cartographer and Paterfamilias
Magazine article by Raymond E. Role; History Today, Vol. 53, March 2003
Subjects: Dudley, Robert--History, Explorers--History, Naval history
...During the following years, Sir Robert Dudley must have cut a fine...cousin, the beautiful Elizabeth Southwell (1586-1631), disguised...birth of the aforesaid Sir Robert Dudley (as we piously believe...injuries done to the aforesaid Robert Dudley and Lady Alice Dudley...
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Thy Canonized Bones
Magazine article by Robert S. Miola; First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life, August 2008
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, The Quest for Shakespeare: The Bard of Avon and the Church of Rome (Book)--Book reviews
Thy Canonized Bones. by Robert S. Miola THE QUEST FOR SHAKESPEARE...of scholarship, including Robert Bearmans devastating critique...in the 1616 edition of Southwell is authorial, for example...Shakespeare was a dramatist. ROBERT S. MIOLA is the Gerard Manley...
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Truth or Consequences: In Ireland, Straying Far from the Mental Reservation
Magazine article by Cathleen Kaveny; Commonweal, Vol. 137, January 15, 2010
Subjects: Archbishops--Cases, Child sexual abuse--Cases
...telling. Henry Garnet, SJ, and Robert Southwell, SJ, both wrote treatises on...Convicted of treason, both Southwell and Garnet were hanged, drawn...is the courage and sacrifice of Southwell and Garnet that reveal why the...
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The Gunpowder Plot: Terror and Toleration in 1605: Simon Adams Investigates the Political and Religious Options Available to the Catholics of Early Jacobean England, and Asks Why Some Chose to Attempt the Spectacular Coup in November 1605
Magazine article by Simon Adams; History Today, Vol. 55, November 2005
Subjects: British history, 1066-1688, Catholics--History, Garnet, Henry--Cases, Gunpowder Plot, 1605, Roman Catholics--History
...persecutions, culminating in execution of Fr Robert Southwell in 1595. This seems to have been the...Defeat of the Armada 1595 Execution of Robert Southwell 1601 Essex rising against Elizabeth. Robert Catesby involved March 1603 Death of Elizabeth...
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The Catholic Bard: Shakespeare & the 'Old Religion'
Magazine article by Clare Asquith; Commonweal, Vol. 132, June 17, 2005
Subjects: Political literature--Excerpts, Political literature--Personal narratives, Political science literature--Excerpts, Political science literature--Personal narratives, Politics in literature--Excerpts, Politics in literature--Personal narratives, Shadowplay: The Hidden Beliefs and Coded Politics of William Shakespeare (Book)
...Elizabethan prose, A Humble Supplication written by Robert Southwell, a Jesuit missionary on the run from her ubiquitous...hanged, drawn, and quartered. The young Jesuit Robert Southwell, a widely admired poet, died in this way in February...
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Bethanys Boy to Score at Southwell
Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), January 26, 2006
Bethanys Boy to Score at Southwell. Byline: By ARGUS Football...betdirect.co.uk Handicap at Southwell today. A winner over a mile...a sevenfurlong handicap at Southwell last time, pushed out to...another winner for the in-form Robert Winston. Royal Crescent is...
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Taxi for Hire at Southwell
Newspaper article; Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England), January 26, 2011
Taxi for Hire at Southwell. Byline: NAOMI MATTHEW...run when he checks in at Southwell. Mark Johnstons three...Handicap (7.20). The Robert Mills-trained seven...Flyer, 4.25 Hildisvini SOUTHWELL: GAZETTE BET: 2.05...
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Roy Cashes in with Double Place Strike; RACING: Southwell Trainer Bowring Delighted with First and Third
Newspaper article; Coventry Evening Telegraph (England), October 7, 2005
Subjects: Jockey Club
...Double Place Strike; RACING: Southwell Trainer Bowring Delighted with...ladbrokescasino.com Banded Stakes at Southwell yesterday. Brave Chief, sent...getting off the mark under Robert Havlin. Luloah attempted to...Banded Stakes in the hands of Robert Mills. The Newmarket handler...
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Racing: Earnshaw Explains Southwell Decision
Newspaper article; Birmingham Evening Mail (England), August 10, 2004
Racing: Earnshaw Explains Southwell Decision. Byline: AIDEN OBRIEN SOUTHWELL officials defended their decision not to hold a...We did not hold an inquiry, stipendiary steward Robert Earnshaw told At The Races. The second and third...
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Last Fence Controversy at Southwell
Newspaper article; Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England), August 10, 2004
Last Fence Controversy at Southwell. Southwell officials defended their decision not to hold a stewards inquiry...We did not hold an inquiry," said stipendiary steward Robert Earnshaw. "The second and third jockeys appeared to be heading...
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encyclopedia articles on: Southwell Robert  - 3 results

 
 
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Southwell, Robert
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SOUTHWELL, ROBERT 1561? 1595, English Jesuit poet, venerated by Roman Catholics as a martyr, b. Norfolk. He was brought up a Catholic and educated...
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Jesus, Society Of
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Borgia , Claudio Aquaviva , Saint Robert Bellarmine , Luis Molina , and...Another celebrated English Jesuit was Robert Southwell. Missions in Asia and the Americas...remarkable Jesuits in this mission was Robert de Nobili, who, after arduous...
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Counter Reformation
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...led by St. Edmund Campion and Robert Persons . Diverse figures showing...Reformation are Caesar Baronius, St. Robert Bellarmine, Pedro Calderon de...Crashaw, St. Francis Borgia, Robert Southwell, and Torquato Tasso. Bibliography...


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