Abstract
Sanctified Tyrannicide: Tyranny and Theology in John Ponet's Shorte Treatise of Politike Power and Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene
Highlights
Sanctified Tyrannicide: Tyranny and Theology in John Ponet’s Shorte Treatise of Politike Power and Edmund Spenser’s
I argue that Ponet casts prayer as preparation for a tyrannicide that, like baptism, will remove a dark spiritual influence from the body politic and bring salvation to the nation
Since Ponet presents the devil as inspiring the tyrant, tyrannicide like baptism becomes a rejection of Satan’s oppression in both the secular and spiritual realms
Summary
Sanctified Tyrannicide: Tyranny and Theology in John Ponet’s Shorte Treatise of Politike Power and Edmund Spenser’s.
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