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John Barclay (Pont-à-Mousson, 28 January 1582 — Rome, 15 August 1621) was a Scottish writer, satirist and neo-Latin poet.
[edit] Life
He was born in Pont-à-Mousson, Lorraine, France, where his father, William Barclay, held the chair of civil law. His mother was a Frenchwoman. His early education was obtained at the Jesuit College at Pont-a-Mousson. While there, at the age of nineteen, he wrote a commentary on the Thebais of Statius.[1]
The Jesuits endeavored to induce him to join their order; but his father refused to give his consent and took him to England in 1603. Barclay had persistently maintained his Scottish nationality in his French surroundings, and probably found in James VI and I's accession an opportunity which he would not let slip. In early 1604 John Barclay presented James with a Latin poem, "Kalendm Januaria", and afterward dedicated to him the first part of his Euphormionis Satyricon (Eiiphormwnis Lunnii Satyricon) against the Jesuits. He returned to France by 1605, when a second edition of that book appeared in Paris, having spent some time in Angers. He was the husband of a Frenchwoman, Louise Debonaire. Barclay and his wife returned to London in 1606, and there published his Sylvae, a collection of Latin poems. In 1607 the second part of the Satyricon appeared in Paris. In 1616 he went to Rome, for unexplained reasons, and resided there until his death on 15 August 1621, aged 39.[1]
[edit] Works
In 1609 Barclay edited the De Potestate Papae, an anti-papal treatise by his father, who had died in the preceding year, and in 1611 he issued an Apologia or "third part" of the Satyricon, in answer to the attacks of the Jesuits. A so-called "fourth part," with the title of Icon Animorum, describing the character and manners of the European nations, appeared in 1614. [1]
He appears to have been on better terms with the Church and notably with Bellarmine; for in 1617 he issued, from a press at Rome, a Paraeneis ad Sectarios, an attack on the position of Protestantism. Later editions were published in Cologne. The literary effort of his closing years was his best-known work the Argenis, a political romance, resembling in certain respects the Arcadia of Sidney, and the Utopia of More, completed about a fortnight before his death, which has been said to have been hastened by poison. [1]
[edit] Bibliography
- John Barclay Argenis, edited by Mark Riley and Dorothy Pritchard Huber (Assen 2004) is a modern edition with facing translation of the Argenis.
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d Chisholm 1911.
- Attribution
Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Barclay, John (Scottish satirist)". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
[edit] External links
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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| Name | Barclay, John |
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| Date of birth | 28 January 1582 |
| Place of birth | Pont-à-Mousson, Lorraine, France |
| Date of death | 15 August 1621 |
| Place of death | Rome, Papal States |
Annotations
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John Barclay — Catholic Encyclopedia
Author of the political novel “Argenis” and other Latin works in prose and verse, was b. 28 January, 1582, at Pont-à-Mousson; d. in Rome, August, 1621. His father was William Barclay. John Barclay received his early schooling from the Jesuits, and at the age of nineteen he published a commentary on the “Thebais” of Statius. In 1603 father and son, perhaps attracted by the union of the Scotch and English crowns, tried their fortunes in London. The son dedicated to James his “Euphormionis Lusinini Satyricon”. After a brief stay in France, John returned to England in 1605.
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“John Barclay (January 28, 1582 — August 15, 1621) was a Scottish satirist and Latin poet….The literary effort of his closing years was his best-known work the Argenis, a political romance, resembling in certain respects the Arcadia of Sidney, and the Utopia of More, completed about a fortnight before his death, which has been said to have been hastened by poison.” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Barclay_(1582-1621)