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Bale, John
Bale, John (1495–1563), a pugnacious English reformer who served as bishop of Ossory 1552–3. A Carmelite friar, Bale was born at Dunwich in Suffolk and educated at Cambridge University. He converted to Protestantism in the 1530s, and in 1540 had to flee to the Continent. There he began his broad‐ranging scholarly career, as a bibliographer, Protestant dramatist, and highly influential commentator on the Book of Revelation. On Edward VI's succession in 1547 Bale returned to England, but, disappointed of advancement, he accepted the bishopric of Ossory in 1552. His appointment was an attempt by the English authorities to impose a firmly Protestant prelate on a strategically important diocese. Bale's entertaining account (in his Vocacyon) of his brief time as bishop provides a unique insight into the impact of English Protestantism in an Irish context. Though a few people may have responded positively, local reaction to the new religion was hostile and even, after the news of Edward's death and the accession of the Catholic Mary, violent. Fearing for his life, Bale fled from Ireland, never to return.
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"Bale, John." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 9 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Bale, John." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (February 9, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O245-BaleJohn.html "Bale, John." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Retrieved February 09, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O245-BaleJohn.html |
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John Bale
John Bale 1495-1563, English dramatist and clergyman. An ardent proponent of the Reformation, he used the stage as a vehicle for his views. His most famous play, King John (written c.1535), shows the transition from the medieval morality play to the Renaissance historical drama by allegorical treatment of the fate of England rather than of the fate of man's soul. Bale's Illustrium … Scriptorum (1548) is one of the first bibliographies of English literature.
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"John Bale." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 9 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "John Bale." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (February 9, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Bale-Joh.html "John Bale." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Retrieved February 09, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Bale-Joh.html |
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Bale, John
Bale, John (1495–1563), Bp. of Ossory. A Carmelite from the age of 11, he was converted to Protestantism c.1533. He then defended the Reformation, writing earthily Protestant plays. In 1552, when nominated Bp. of Ossory, he aroused controversy by refusing to be consecrated by the traditional rite and insisting on the use of the BCP. Genuine, if partisan, scholarship is reflected in his Illustrium Maioris Britanniae Scriptorum … Summarium (1548), a pioneering attempt at British bibliography.
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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Bale, John." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 9 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Bale, John." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (February 9, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-BaleJohn.html E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Bale, John." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved February 09, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-BaleJohn.html |
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Bale, John
Bale, John (1495–1563), is notable in the history of the drama as having written King John, the first English historical play, or at least a bridge between the morality and the historical play proper.
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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Bale, John." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 9 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Bale, John." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (February 9, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-BaleJohn.html MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Bale, John." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved February 09, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-BaleJohn.html |
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