A Biographical Sketch of Dorcas Martin: Elizabethan Translator, Stationer, and Godly Matron
This article offers a sketch of the contributions made by Dorcas Eccleston Martin (1537-99) to the religious and political culture of Elizabethan London. Materials previously scattered in a variety of printed and manuscript sources reveal that Dorcas and her husband, Richard Martin, were religious r...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sixteenth Century Journal Publishers, Inc.
1999
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The sixteenth century journal
Year: 1999, Volume: 30, Issue: 3, Pages: 775-792 |
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| Summary: | This article offers a sketch of the contributions made by Dorcas Eccleston Martin (1537-99) to the religious and political culture of Elizabethan London. Materials previously scattered in a variety of printed and manuscript sources reveal that Dorcas and her husband, Richard Martin, were religious radicals and yet also models of civic virtue in sixteenth-century London. Far from being a silent or retiring woman, Dorcas Martin was an active participant in public religious life. In addition to becoming the mayoress of London, she was the translator of a French catechism, the suspected stationer of Thomas Cartwright's illegally printed Reply, the dedicatee of several religious works, a suspect during the Marprelate controversy, a supporter of French and Scottish ministers living in London, and a kinswoman of another female translator, Anne Lock. |
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| ISSN: | 2326-0726 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The sixteenth century journal
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/2544816 |