Surtees, Virginia. Jane Welsh Carlyle. Michael Russell, 1986.
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John Knox
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Standard Name: Knox, John,, 1514 - 1572
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Cultural formation | Jane Welsh Carlyle | A Scotswoman from a professional family, JWC
claimed what biographer Virginia Surtees
terms a strangely assorted ancestry, |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Helen Blackburn | HB
's mother, Isabella (Lamb) Blackburn
, was descended from a brother of John Knox
. Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2024, 22 vols. plus supplements. Balfour, Frances. Ne obliviscaris. Hodder and Stoughton, 1930, 2 vols. II: 131 |
| Friends, Associates | Rose Hickman | The Hickmans' London home was frequented by leaders of the new Protestant religious tendency: men like John Knox
, Scottish preacher and correspondent of Anne Locke
(who knew them from early in Mary's reign, when... |
| Friends, Associates | Rose Hickman | John Knox
addressed a letter to the Merchandys WyffisRH
and Anne Locke
in 1556 (his only known letter to Hickman, though not the only one to Locke), urging them to remove themselves from the... |
| Friends, Associates | Anne Locke | The Scottish religious radical John Knox
, visiting London, spent part of his time lodging in Anne Locke
's house, and the two formed a friendship of a spiritual and intellectual parity Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. Morin-Parsons, Kel, and Anne Locke. “Preface, Introduction, Textual Note”. A Meditation of a Penitent Sinner, edited by Kel Morin-Parsons and Kel Morin-Parsons, North Waterloo Academic Press, 1997, pp. 9-40. 21 |
| Friends, Associates | Anne Locke | John Knox
's close associate Christopher Goodman
, who preached at Exeter Cathedral in 1583, was probably there on AL
's account, perhaps by her personal invitation. Hannay, Margaret P. “’Strengthning the walles of . . . Ierusalem’: Anne Vaughan Lok’s Dedication to the Countess of Warwick”. ANQ: A Quarterly Journal of Short Articles, Notes, and Reviews, Vol. 5 , No. 2-3, Apr.–July 1992, pp. 71-5. 72 Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. |
| Friends, Associates | Elizabeth Melvill | EM
discussed religious matters (encouraging Presbyterian resistance to Episcopalian reform backed by the monarchy) with the several radical ministers who were then and later well-known: Samuel Rutherford
(some of whose letters to her survive), William Livingstone |
| Occupation | Anne Locke | AL
had work to do in London. Elizabeth was too compromising a Protestant to satisfy the returned exiles from Geneva, and she was an enemy of Knox. AL functioned as Knox
's link to the... |
| Residence | Anne Locke | AL
, having left her home in London at the urging of John Knox
, arrived (with her two small children) in Geneva to seek refuge from the religious persecution of Queen Mary
's reign. Morin-Parsons, Kel, and Anne Locke. “Preface, Introduction, Textual Note”. A Meditation of a Penitent Sinner, edited by Kel Morin-Parsons and Kel Morin-Parsons, North Waterloo Academic Press, 1997, pp. 9-40. 23 Blain, Virginia et al., editors. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. Yale University Press; Batsford, 1990. Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. |
| Textual Features | Willa Muir | She compares the parallel stories of the English Reformation under King Henry VIII
, which established the Church of England
(Anglican or Episcopalian), and the Scottish Reformation under John Knox
in 1559, which established the... |
| Textual Production | Anne Locke | The original A Meditation in the form of sonnets, added to the sermons, is said to come from the hand of a friend: that is, it is not definitely claimed by the author of the... |
| Textual Production | Anne Locke | AL
's letters to John Knox
evidently dealt with the interlinked topics of religion and politics; they are known only from his side of the correspondence. |
Timeline
1558: John Knox published his Monstrous Regiment...
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1558
John Knox
published his Monstrous Regiment of Women, maintaining that woman had no natural or god-given authority to rule.
Powell, Ken, and Chris Cook. English Historical Facts: 1485-1603. Macmillan, 1977.
152
1560: John Knox was instrumental in establishing...
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1560
John Knox
was instrumental in establishing the Reformed Church in Scotland; this became the Presbyterian church.
Cameron, Jennifer. A Dangerous Innovator: Mary Ward (1585-1645). St Pauls Publications, 2000.
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