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Abstract
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.
Keywords:
- Amicable Grant,
- Caesaropapism,
- Paul Bush,
- Tudor England,
- Chaucer
Résumé
Le poème The Extripacion of Ignorancy (1526) de Paul Bush est une œuvre méconnue ou peu considérée qui mêle, dans une pièce à visée délibérative, la tradition poétique chaucérienne, la théologie orthodoxe et la polémique sur la question de l’obéissance, avec l’éthique sociale chrétienne, au cœur d’un débat sur le césaropapisme, au moins trois ans avant l’Obediance of a Christian Man de Tyndale, beaucoup plus célèbre. Bush explore en rimes royales les références à l’histoire sacrée, aux Écritures et à la littérature pour contrer les effets néfastes des révoltes fiscales de l’Amicable Grant et examiner la valeur d’un système dominé par la couronne basé sur 1 Pierre 2 : 17. Ce faisant, il a cherché à diffuser les voies et les moyens de résolution des tensions sociopolitiques et religieuses contemporaines. Nous suggérons ici que Bush a devancé les arguments des polémistes des années 1530 soutenant les Tudor. Cet article considère le poème en tant qu’œuvre de poésie, de théologie et de polémique sur l’obéissance.
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