Prynne, William 1600-1669

William Prynne (1600 – 24 October 1669) was an English lawyer, author, polemicist, and political figure. He was a prominent Puritan opponent of the church policy of the Archbishop of Canterbury, William Laud. Although his views on church polity were presbyterian, he became known in the 1640s as an Erastian, arguing for overall state control of religious matters. A prolific writer, he published over 200 books and pamphlets.

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Dictionary of National Biography, Volume 46 - 1896 (see page 432)

Mr. William Prynn his Defence of Stage-Plays, or A Retractation of a former Book of his called Histrio-Mastix - 1649 [reprinted 1905]
(see Cambridge History of English Literature, Volume 6 - 1910: Chapter XIV "The Puritan Attack Upon the Stage", page 403 for Prynne's Histriomastix)
The Retraction was a hoax.
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An Enquiry into the Genuineness of Prynne's "Defence of Stage Plays," &c. together with a Reprint of the Said Tract, and also of Prynne's "Vindication." by E. W. Brayley - 1825
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Concordia discors, or, The dissonant harmony of sacred publique oathes ... 1683
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The Antipathie of the English Lordly Prelacie, Both to Regall Monarchy, and Civill Unity: etc. - 1641
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Conscientious, serious theological and legal quæres propounded to the ... 1660
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Fulcimentum gladii christianorum regum principum et magistratuum, Latio donatum a Wolgango Meyero - 1649
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A Serious Epistle to Mr. William Prynne, where is interwoven an answer to a late book of his, the title whereof is inserted in the next leaf: A Legall Vindication of the Liberties of England, against Illegall Taxes, etc. - 1649
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Documents relating to the proceedings against William Prynne, in 1634 and 1637. With a biographical fragment by the late John Bruce (1877)
"List of Prynne's works, by J. Bruce": p. [101]-118
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