Martin Marprelate controversy

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The Martin Marprelate controversy was a late 16th-century English pamphlet war between anonymous Puritan satirists and defenders of the Anglican episcopacy, notable for its sharp religious polemic and innovative use of vernacular satire.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf literary controversy ⓘ
pamphlet war ⓘ
religious controversy ⓘ
cause Puritan dissatisfaction with episcopal church government ⓘ
conflict over authority in the Church of England ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
endTime 1589 ⓘ
genre polemical pamphlets ⓘ
religious satire ⓘ
hasEffect development of English satirical prose ⓘ
increased persecution of radical Puritans ⓘ
tightening of press censorship in England ⓘ
hasPart Martin Marprelate tracts ⓘ
historicalSignificance early example of English underground press ⓘ
important episode in history of English censorship ⓘ
influential in shaping later English religious satire ⓘ
language Early Modern English ⓘ
location England ⓘ
mainSubject Anglican episcopacy ⓘ
linked to: Episcopal polity

Puritanism ⓘ
church governance ⓘ
movement English Reformation ⓘ
Puritan movement ⓘ
linked to: Puritanism
notableFeature innovative use of satire in religious polemic ⓘ
sharp personal attacks on bishops ⓘ
use of pseudonymous persona Martin Marprelate ⓘ
use of vernacular colloquial language ⓘ
notableWork Counter-pamphlets by John Lyly ⓘ
Counter-pamphlets by Richard Bancroft ⓘ
Counter-pamphlets by Thomas Nashe ⓘ
Hay any worke for Cooper ⓘ
Pasquill of England to Martin Junior ⓘ
The Epistle (Martin Marprelate tract) ⓘ
The Epitome (Martin Marprelate tract) ⓘ
The Just Censure and Reproof of Martin Junior ⓘ
The Minerals ⓘ
The Protestation ⓘ
The Returne of the renowned Cavaliero Pasquill of England ⓘ
Theses Martinianae ⓘ
opponent Church of England bishops ⓘ
defenders of Anglican episcopacy ⓘ
opposedBy Archbishop John Whitgift ⓘ
linked to: John Whitgift

Elizabethan government ⓘ
linked to: Tudor government
participant anonymous Puritan writers ⓘ
printingMethod secret itinerant presses ⓘ
religiousContext Elizabethan religious settlement ⓘ
startTime 1588 ⓘ
timePeriod late 16th century ⓘ

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Thomas Nashe → subjectOf → Martin Marprelate controversy ⓘ
Have with You to Saffron-Walden → historicalContext → Elizabethan pamphlet wars ⓘ
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Martin Marprelate controversy → hasPart → Martin Marprelate tracts ⓘ
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Martin Marprelate controversy → notableWork → The Epistle (Martin Marprelate tract) ⓘ
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Martin Marprelate controversy → notableWork → The Epitome (Martin Marprelate tract) ⓘ
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Martin Marprelate controversy → notableWork → Counter-pamphlets by Thomas Nashe ⓘ
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