The family of Thomas More
were merchants and lawyers of London's bourgeois ruling class: Thomas duly became a lawyer and out of personal passion became a scholar of the new humanist learning. He married again...
Theme or Topic Treated in Text
Melesina Trench
The title poem of Ellen comes from a story lately reported by newspapers. Other pieces (several of them ballads) deal with historical figures like Queen Elizabeth
, Cardinal Wolsey
, an anonymous monk, and the...
Timeline
1641: The first pamphlet appeared on the subject...
Writing climate item
1641
The first pamphlet appeared on the subject of Mother Shipton, a Yorkshirewoman credited with magic powers including divination.
