Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
John Penry
Standard Name: Penry, John
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Late 1588: A series of anonymous anti-episcopal publications...
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Late 1588
A series of anonymous anti-episcopal publications called the Marprelate Tracts provoked new licensing to restrain the press. The controversy dragged on, and one of the authors, John Penry
, was hanged on 29 May 1593...
