Marprelate
/ (ˈmɑːprɛlɪt) /
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
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How to use Marprelate in a sentence
The most noted of these works were put forth under the fictitious name of Martin Marprelate.
Books Fatal to Their Authors | P. H. DitchfieldThe authors of the Martin Marprelate pamphlets against the bishops were punished by death or imprisonment.
From Chaucer to Tennyson | Henry A. BeersThis is the celebrated series of "Martin Marprelate" tracts, with the replies which they called forth.
A History of English Literature | George SaintsburyMartin Marprelate, sketch of the Controversy and account of the principal tracts, 241-252.
A History of English Literature | George SaintsburyHere Nash takes his customary side in the Marprelate business.
Elizabethan and Jacobean Pamphlets | Various
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