The Onion co-founder recommends 5 satires that roasted the world (for the better)
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In 1599, John Whitgift, the Archbishop of Canterbury, and Richard Bancroft, the Bishop of London, issued an edict that became the “most sweeping and stringent” instance of censorship in the early modern period. Now known as the “Bishops’ Ban,” it came with a list of books that should “be taken wheresoever they maye be found” and “bee presentlye brought to the Bishop of London to be brunte.”
The list included some unlicensed histories and plays, but satire dominated the auto-da-fé — notably work
The list included some unlicensed histories and plays, but satire dominated the auto-da-fé — notably work
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