John Skelton and the Politics of the 1520s (Paperback)

Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Select glossary; Introduction; 1. John Skelton and the Howards: the question of patronage; 2. The Court career of John Skelton, King's orator; 3. Speke, Parott and Why Com Ye Nat to Courte?: the context and evolution of a satiric stance; 4. 'Lyke Mahounde in a play': conventional elements in Skelton's portrait of Wolsey; 5. 'So mangye a mastyfe curre, the grete greyhoundes pere': Skelton's account of Wolsey's relations with King and Court during his ascendancy; 6. 'Obseqious et Loyall': Skelton's political work under Wolsey's patronage; Conclusion; Index.