Herbert, Sir William
Ad Campianum Iesuitam eiusque Rationes Decem Responsio

Edited by Arthur Keaveney and John A. Madden.

Editio princeps from the Manuscript, equipped with a full introduction, translation and commentary. An early reply by a Welsh landowner with a taste for political and religious controversy to the 1581 pamphlet in which the Jesuit Edmund Campion attempted to convert England back to the Roman Catholic Church. When Campion published his "Rationes Decem", he was eventually arrested, tortured, tried and executed at Tyburn. Not all reaction was so brutal however and a number of Protestant divines made measured replies. The first of these replies came from Sir William Herbert. In their introduction, the editors shed light on both Campion's and Herbert's personal background, examine the arguments of their "debate" side by side and describe Herbert's manuscript in terms of its historical context, its exact dating and transmission history as well as its state of preservation and notable textual features. Accompanying the faithful edition and translation, the commentary provides linguistic elaboration and further information on the text's historical and personal references. LII,91 Seiten, broschiert (Noctes Neolatinae. Neo-Latin Texts and Studies; Band 11/Olms Verlag 2009)