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Campion, Edmund

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Campion, Edmund (d. 1581), English scholar subsequently executed as a Jesuit traitor, the guest of leading Dublin families in 1570–1. The result was Histories of Ireland—a typical example of Renaissance historiography, with emphasis on moral exemplification, education, and reforming statesmanship. The account puffed up the Old English role in Ireland and lionized the deputy‐ship of Sidney, even though his parliament then terminating had come close to disaster. Campion's Histories remained unpublished until 1633, but in the mean time they had been used by various scholars, especially Richard Stanihurst in his contribution to Holinshed's Chronicles (1577).

Hiram Morgan

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