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Writing, London, and the Bishops’ Ban of 1599

Writing, London, and the Bishops’ Ban of 1599 This article examines a set of events in London in 1599 that have come to be known as the Bishops’ Ban, when several specific literary works were identified as dangerous and burnt at the behest of the Bishop of London and the Archbishop of Canterbury. By situating these events within the conditions of censorship, literary production, and urban life at the time, we can not only understand why the Ban occurred, but also begin to explore London’s role in the motives, implementation, and effects of the Ban. Not much has been written about the Ban; still less has been said about London’s significance to it. This paper aims to redress this, to contextualize the Ban — and the creativity it affected — in relation to a specific cultural and geographical location. Were London’s censors censoring an unsettled city’s images of itself? http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The London Journal: A Review of Metropolitan Society Past and Present Taylor & Francis

Writing, London, and the Bishops’ Ban of 1599

Writing, London, and the Bishops’ Ban of 1599


Abstract

This article examines a set of events in London in 1599 that have come to be known as the Bishops’ Ban, when several specific literary works were identified as dangerous and burnt at the behest of the Bishop of London and the Archbishop of Canterbury. By situating these events within the conditions of censorship, literary production, and urban life at the time, we can not only understand why the Ban occurred, but also begin to explore London’s role in the motives, implementation, and effects of the Ban. Not much has been written about the Ban; still less has been said about London’s significance to it. This paper aims to redress this, to contextualize the Ban — and the creativity it affected — in relation to a specific cultural and geographical location. Were London’s censors censoring an unsettled city’s images of itself?

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Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Copyright
© The London Journal Trust 2017
ISSN
1749-6322
eISSN
0305-8034
DOI
10.1080/03058034.2017.1377452
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Abstract

This article examines a set of events in London in 1599 that have come to be known as the Bishops’ Ban, when several specific literary works were identified as dangerous and burnt at the behest of the Bishop of London and the Archbishop of Canterbury. By situating these events within the conditions of censorship, literary production, and urban life at the time, we can not only understand why the Ban occurred, but also begin to explore London’s role in the motives, implementation, and effects of the Ban. Not much has been written about the Ban; still less has been said about London’s significance to it. This paper aims to redress this, to contextualize the Ban — and the creativity it affected — in relation to a specific cultural and geographical location. Were London’s censors censoring an unsettled city’s images of itself?

Journal

The London Journal: A Review of Metropolitan Society Past and PresentTaylor & Francis

Published: May 4, 2018

Keywords: Bishops’ Ban; Censorship; Guilpin; Marlowe; Middleton; Marston; Satire

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