John Bale was an extraordinarily forceful and prolific Protestant propagandist during the early stages of the Reformation in England. His emergence as a Protestant polemicist represented a complete tu...
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In this excerpt Collier examines Bale's seminal use of historical figures and events in his plays and the bridge his works created between medieval theater and modern drama.
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In the following essay, Adams acknowledges King Johan's unique attributes while refuting the theory that the play greatly influenced later works.
Most students of the Elizabethan drama agree...
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In this essay, Fairfield examines The vocacyon of Johan Bale as a unique example of an early autobiographical work.
Sixteenth-century Englishmen were not frequently given to self-scrutiny—at...
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In the following excerpts, Mattsson explores Bale's use of the medieval King John to further the cause of the burgeoning Protestant Reformation by dissecting King Johan into such subject areas ...
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In the following essay, Pineas argues that Bale was “completely uninterested in the internal and overall consistency of his polemics or in historical or chronological accuracy,” but that...
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Critical Essay by Peter Happé and John N. King
Introduction to The Vocacyon of Johan Bale, edited by Peter Happé and John N. King, Renaissance English Text Society, 1990, pp. 9-13.
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Critical Essay by Kurt Tetzeli Von Rosador
“The Sacrilizing Sign: Religion and Magic in Bale, Greene, and the Early Shakespeare,” in The Yearbook of English Studies, Vol. 23, 1993, pp. ...
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In the following essay, McEachern focuses on Bale's use of the image of the Whore of Babylon in The Image of Both Churches as a symbol of the corruption and duplicity of the Catholic Church.
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Critical Essay by Jacqueline A. Vanhoutte
“Engendering England: The Restructuring of Allegiance in the Writings of Richard Morison and John Bale,” in Renaissance and Reformation, Vol. X...
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MLB_Suspended Detroit C Ivan Rodriguez one game and fined him an undisclosed amount for inappropriate actions during a game against Seattle on July 12.American LeagueBALTIMORE ORIOLES_Placed INF Me...
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Travis Hafner had three hits, including a long two-run homer to help Fausto Carmona and the Cleveland Indians defeat the Kansas City Royals 5-3 Sunday.Carmona (11-4) improved to 8-0 with a 1.98 ERA...
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The New York Yankees' offense kept rolling through the bottom of the American League. Derek Jeter had four hits, New York batted around in both the first and second innings and the Yankees extended...
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Mark Teahen drove in the tiebreaking run on an eighth-inning fielder's choice, and John Buck added a three-run double as the Kansas City Royals beat Texas 6-2 Thursday night to snap the Rangers' th...
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Lenny DiNardo was lights out again, and the Oakland Athletics found enough offense to avoid the embarrassment of being swept by the Royals at home for the first time in almost two decades.DiNardo a...
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Zack Greinke and five Kansas City relievers combined on a six-hitter and the Royals beat the Cleveland Indians and C.C. Sabathia 2-1 on Friday night.Greinke, who replaced the injured Odalis Perez i...
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Travis Hafner and Victor Martinez singled home runs with two out in the 11th inning and the Cleveland Indians rallied for a 5-3 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Sunday.The Indians, who scored...
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Vicente Padilla pitched two-hit shutout ball for six innings, Hank Blalock had two hits and two RBIs, and the Texas Rangers hung on to beat the Kansas City Royals 3-2 on Wednesday night.Michael You...
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Casey Blake homered on David Riske's first pitch in the ninth inning Friday night to rally Cleveland to a 5-4 win over the Kansas City Royals, moving the Indians closer to an AL Central title.Blake...
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