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Marprelate Martin, the pen name of the anonymous author or authors of a series of satirical Puritan tracts (1588--89), attacking the bishops of the Church of England How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Martin Marprelate was the pseudonym under which appeared several Puritan pamphlets (1588–89) satirizing the authoritarianism of the Church of England under Archbishop John Whitgift. There are also some weaknesses, at least from the historical end: while Targoff is nuanced in her reading of the sources, there is less subtlety in the way she tends to gather together individuals -- Richard Hooker and John Whitgift; the Marprelate authors and everyone else deemed "puritan" -- who would have actually chafed at the contact. Most of her subjects are far more weighty: John Stubbs's The Discovery of a Gaping Gulf, the Marprelate Tracts; Catholic propaganda. |
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