Open Access“The Obedience due to Princes”: Absolutism in Pseudo-Martyr
Author(s) -
Phebe Jensen
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
renaissance and reformation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.1
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 2293-7374
pISSN - 0034-429X
DOI - 10.33137/rr.v31i3.11628
Subject(s) - martyr , obedience , absolute monarchy , ambivalence , politics , siege , philosophy , theology , law , political science , history , social psychology , psychology , ancient history
This paper attempts to tease out the contemporary political resonances found in John Donne’s Pseudo-Martyr . While it is true that Pseudo-Martyr aligns itself with absolutism, it does so in a very complex and ambivalent manner, rejecting political patriarchalism and adopting a moderate sense of the obedience due to the monarch.
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