1578- Scholarship to attend King's School , Canterbury
1580- Cambridge University. Corpus Christi College
1584- Receives BA degree
Marlowe was nearly rejected from starting his BA due to extended absences. This was resolved when it was revealed he had been working for the secret service. This was countering Roman Catholic movement against Queen Elizabeth.
1586- Finished Dido Queen of Carthage
1587- MA Degree
1588- Dr Faustus
1589- Briefly imprisoned over his involvement in the death of a man in a street fight
1591- Finished The Jew of Malta
1592- Edward II
The Massacre at Paris
arrested in the Netherlands briefly
1593- Hero and Leander
heretical papers found, linked to Atheism. Thomas Kyd said they were witten by Marlowe
arrested but given bail, had to report daily
killed in Deptford under questionable circumstances whilst dining with disreputable 'friends'.
Kyd's claim that Marlowe was heretical was reinforced by ' A note containing the opinion of one Christopher Marly, concerning his damnable judgement of religion and scorn of God's word'.
A better legacy to Christopher Marlowe is as a pioneer of poetic literature. Many, like playwright Ben Jonson, rembember him more for creating blank verse and paving the way for Shakespeare's fame who recieved more accalaid mainly due to the fact he lived longer.
Good research details here. It looks like a set up to me...what do you think?
ReplyDeleteThat was what I was thinking. The piece of writing, ' A note containing the opinion of one Christopher Marly, concerning his damnable judgement of religion and scorn of God's word', is just too perfectly entitled. I do history too and they always challenge us to question the facts. I love a good conspiracy theory! There again, I thought Richard III being a hunchback was Tudor proporganda, apparently not!!
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