The Religious and Secular Clergy in the Sixteenth Century English Vernacular Jest Book (1510-1609)
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This thesis presents a study of the representation of the religious and secular clergy in English early modern jest books through three distinct periods: 1510-1534, 1555-1585 and 1590-1609, analysing, amongst others, the influence of humanism during the English Reformation.
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English literature, early modern, popular culture, cultural history, book history, religion studies, humour studies, humanism, reformation studies