marprelate

marprelate
marˈprelate intransitive verb and adjective
(to inveigh) after the manner of Martin Marprelate, the name assumed by the author of certain anti-episcopal tracts, 1588–9
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marprelate
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  • Marprelate Controversy — The Marprelate Controversy was a war of pamphlets waged in England and Wales in 1588 and 1589, between a puritan writer who employed the pseudonym Martin Marprelate, and defenders of the Established Church. Martin s tracts are characterized by… …   Wikipedia

  • Marprelate Controversy — ▪ English history       brief but well known pamphlet war (1588–89) carried on by English Puritans using secret presses; they attacked the episcopacy as “profane, proud, paltry, popish, pestilent, pernicious, presumptious prelates.” The tracts,… …   Universalium

  • ‘Marprelate, Martin’ — (1588–89)    Polemicist.    Marprelate was the pseudonymous author of eight scurrilous Puritan tracts, attacking the English episcopate. They caused a sensation and there was much conjecture as to their true authorship. They may have been… …   Who’s Who in Christianity

  • MARPRELATE TRACTS —    a series of clever but scurrilous tracts published under the name of Martin Marprelate, but which are the work of different writers in the time of Elizabeth against prelacy, and which gave rise to great excitement and some inquisition as to… …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

  • Marprelate — /ˈmaprɛlət/ (say mahpreluht) noun Martin, the pseudonym of the writer or writers of satirical Puritan pamphlets circulated in 1588–89 attacking the Church of England …  

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  • Martin Marprelate — (sometimes printed as Martin Mar prelate and Marre Martin)[1][2] was the name used by the anonymous author or authors of the seven Marprelate tracts which circulated illegally in England in the years 1588 and 1589. Their principal focus was an… …   Wikipedia

  • Controversia Marprelate — La controversia Marprelate es el nombre dado a una disputa dialéctica, ocurrida entre octubre de 1588 y septiembre de 1589, que se produjo tras un ataque contra la autoridad de la Iglesia de Inglaterra. Motivos La causa inmediata de los ataques… …   Wikipedia Español

  • Controverse de Marprelate — La Controverse de Marprelate fut une guerre de pamphlets qui agita l Angleterre et le Pays de Galles dans les années 1588 1589. Les auteurs en furent un écrivain puritain qui employa le pseudonyme de Martin Marprelate et des défenseurs de l… …   Wikipédia en Français

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