Temple–Bentley controversy
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The Temple–Bentley controversy was a late 17th-century scholarly dispute over the authenticity and dating of classical texts that became a focal point in the broader quarrel between Ancients and Moderns in English literary culture.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bentley–Boyle dispute over the Epistles of Phalaris | 1 |
| Temple–Bentley controversy canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Temple–Bentley controversy Context triple: [The Battle of the Books, associatedWith, Temple–Bentley controversy]
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Campbell Case controversy
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Fundamentalist–modernist controversy
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Temple Lot Case
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Temple–Bentley controversy Target entity description: The Temple–Bentley controversy was a late 17th-century scholarly dispute over the authenticity and dating of classical texts that became a focal point in the broader quarrel between Ancients and Moderns in English literary culture.
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A.
Campbell Case controversy
The Campbell Case controversy was a 1924 British political scandal over the prosecution of a communist newspaper editor that undermined public and parliamentary support for Ramsay MacDonald's first Labour government.
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B.
Bascom Affair
The Bascom Affair was an 1861 confrontation between the U.S. Army and the Chiricahua Apache that sparked a cycle of violence and is often seen as the event that ignited the Apache Wars.
-
C.
Beecher–Tilton scandal
The Beecher–Tilton scandal was a highly publicized 1870s adultery and seduction controversy involving famed preacher Henry Ward Beecher and Elizabeth Tilton that captivated and divided Victorian-era American society.
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D.
Fundamentalist–modernist controversy
The Fundamentalist–modernist controversy was an early 20th-century theological and cultural conflict within American Protestantism between conservative fundamentalists and liberal modernists over biblical interpretation, science, and social change.
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E.
Temple Lot Case
The Temple Lot Case was a late 19th-century U.S. legal dispute among Latter Day Saint factions over ownership of the sacred Independence Temple Lot in Missouri.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical event
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literary controversy ⓘ scholarly dispute ⓘ |
| country | England ⓘ |
| describedBySource | essays and pamphlets published in late 17th-century England ⓘ |
| facetOf | English literary culture ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
classical scholarship
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literary criticism ⓘ textual criticism ⓘ |
| genre |
intellectual debate
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pamphlet war ⓘ |
| hasCause |
William Temple’s defense of the superiority of the Ancients
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disagreement over the value of ancient versus modern learning ⓘ |
| hasContext |
emergence of critical methods in classical studies
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rise of modern philology ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
increased attention to textual criticism of classical authors
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intensification of the Ancients versus Moderns debate in England ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasParticipant |
Richard Bentley
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William Temple ⓘ supporters of the Ancients ⓘ supporters of the Moderns ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Restoration and post-Restoration England
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linked to:
Stuart period
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| location | England ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
authenticity of classical texts
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dating of classical texts ⓘ |
| opposedBy | advocates of uncritical admiration of classical antiquity ⓘ |
| partOf | Quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns ⓘ |
| pointInTime | late 17th century ⓘ |
| startTime | 1690s ⓘ |
| supportedBy | proponents of rigorous textual analysis of ancient texts ⓘ |
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Subject: Temple–Bentley controversy Description of subject: The Temple–Bentley controversy was a late 17th-century scholarly dispute over the authenticity and dating of classical texts that became a focal point in the broader quarrel between Ancients and Moderns in English literary culture.
Referenced by (2)
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editions of the Epistles of Phalaris
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Bentley–Boyle dispute over the Epistles of Phalaris
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linked to: Temple–Bentley controversy