The Provenance of De Doctrina Christiana

Abstract

We dedicate this publication to the memory of John Stachniewski (1953Stachniewski ( -1996.

The Duke of Sussex's Library and the First Debates On the Authorship of De Doctrina Christiana

“…Two letters from Robert Lemon, discoverer of the manuscript of De Doctrina Christiana , to Thomas Pettigrew, surgeon, antiquarian and librarian to the Duke of Sussex, dated March and May 1826, shed light on the period when Thomas Burgess, Bishop of Salisbury, first contested Milton's authorship of De Doctrina Christiana , and the ensuing debate (Campbell et al., “Provenance” 99; Hunter, “Provenance” 191). The first letter outlines the terms of the dispute and highlights the use of the Duke of Sussex's notable library of religious texts in the dispute.…”

The Latin Words for “Marriage” in De Doctrina Christiana Book 1, Chapter 10

“…In 1997, Gordon Campbell and four colleagues coauthored a long paper on the provenance of De Doctrina Christiana , one section of which concerned “Synonyms for ‘marriage’ and the integrity of Book 1, Chapter 10” (“Provenance” 108‐10). In 2007, Campbell and three of the same colleagues made the same points, and gave the same supporting figures, in their monograph 2 on Milton and the manuscript of De Doctrina (77‐79).…”