Henry Constable (1592–1613) was an English poet and pioneer in the sonnet form, having composed one of the first English sonnet sequences in literature. Converting to Catholicism in 1591, an action punishable at the time by death, Constable lived in exile in continental Europe until the accession of King James. Soon after his return, in his attempts to influence the king regarding greater tolerance for Catholics, Constable was imprisoned for six years before once again returning to exile, where he died in Liege, Belgium.
Henry Constable (1592–1613) was an English poet and pioneer in the sonnet form, having composed one of the first English sonnet sequences in literature. Converting to Catholicism in 1591, an action punishable at the time by death, Constable lived in exile in continental Europe until the accession of King James. Soon after his return, in his attempts to influence the king regarding greater tolerance for Catholics, Constable was imprisoned for six years before once again returning to exile, where he died in Liege, Belgium.
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