"Joye without ending": Paul Bush’s The Extripacion of Ignorancy : An Early Case for Caesaropapism

Paul Bush’s poem, The Extripacion of Ignorancy (1526), is a little known or regarded work that mixes Chaucer’s poetic tradition, orthodox theology, and obedience polemic into an advisory piece with Christian social ethics at the heart of a caesaropapism argument at least three years prior to Tyndale...

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Main Author: Chibi, Andrew A. 1963- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Iter Press 2022
In: Renaissance and reformation
Year: 2022, Volume: 45, Issue: 4, Pages: 151-185
IxTheo Classification:CD Christianity and Culture
CG Christianity and Politics
KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance
KBF British Isles
KDE Anglican Church
SA Church law; state-church law
Further subjects:B Chaucer
B Caesaropapism
B Tudor England
B Amicable Grant
B Paul Bush
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Summary:Paul Bush’s poem, The Extripacion of Ignorancy (1526), is a little known or regarded work that mixes Chaucer’s poetic tradition, orthodox theology, and obedience polemic into an advisory piece with Christian social ethics at the heart of a caesaropapism argument at least three years prior to Tyndale’s much more famous Obedience of a Christian Man. In rhyme royal, Bush explored sacred history, Scripture, and literary references to counter the harm of the Amicable Grant tax revolts and explore the value of a Crown-dominated system based on 1 Peter 2:17. By so doing, he sought to disseminate the ways and means of solving contemporary socio-political and religious tensions. The suggestion here is that Bush anticipated the arguments of the Tudor obedience polemicists of the 1530s. This article is an evaluation of the poem as a work of poetry, theology, and obedience polemic.
ISSN:2293-7374
Contains:Enthalten in: Renaissance and reformation
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.33137/rr.v45i4.41382