Richard Verstegan (Rowlands), c.1550–1640), was an English writer and translator who, upon converting to Catholicism in the late 1500s, left Oxford, assumed his Dutch family name (anglicized to Verstegan) and became apprenticed to a goldsmith. Upon publishing an account of Edmund Campion’s execution at the hands of his Protestant captors, Verstegan was forced to flee England. Besides publishing a pictorial account of Catholic martyrdom in 16th-century England (see engraving), he also wrote religious verse, such as “The 94 Psalm” and an influential prayer manual.
Richard Verstegan (Rowlands), c.1550–1640), was an English writer and translator who, upon converting to Catholicism in the late 1500s, left Oxford, assumed his Dutch family name (anglicized to Verstegan) and became apprenticed to a goldsmith. Upon publishing an account of Edmund Campion’s execution at the hands of his Protestant captors, Verstegan was forced to flee England. Besides publishing a pictorial account of Catholic martyrdom in 16th-century England (see engraving), he also wrote religious verse, such as “The 94 Psalm” and an influential prayer manual.
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