Dedication

pp v-vi

Contents

pp vii-viii

List of Illustrations

pp ix-xi

Acknowledgements

pp xii-xiii

List of Abbreviations

pp xiv-xv

Timeline

pp xvi-xx

Note for the Reader

pp xxi-xxii

Introduction

pp 1-30

Part I - Life

pp 31-32

1 - Matthew Parker and the Norwich–Corpus Connection

pp 33-63

2 - Marlowe in the Community of Canterbury Scholars

pp 64-88

3 - The Origin of the Rumour against Marlowe

pp 89-113

4 - Marlowe and the Privy Council

pp 114-146

Part II - Plays

pp 147-148

5 - Dido, Elizabeth I, and the University Playwrights

pp 149-174

6 - Tamburlaine's Prophetic Oratory and the English Holy War

pp 175-206

7 - The Jew of Malta and the Diabolic Power of Theatrics

pp 207-237

8 - Ramism, Thomas Nashe, and the ‘New Sects of Singularitie’

pp 238-264

Part III - Myths

pp 265-266

9 - Robert Greene on Marlowe's Atheism

pp 267-295

10 - The Genesis of the Marlowe Myth

pp 296-334

Conclusion

pp 335-347

Appendix 1 - Transcript of the plan in Norfolk Record Office, NRS 23372, Z99

pp 348-349

Appendix 2 - Transcript of the plan in Corpus Christi College Archives, CCCC08/28

pp 350-351

Appendix 3 - Transcript and translation of the John Marley vs Nevell Hayes case

pp 352-353

Appendix 4 - List of Foundation Scholars of Corpus Christi College, 1573–87

pp 354-363

Bibliography

pp 364-398

Index

pp 399-422

Miscellaneous Endmatter

pp 423-424