Editing Marprelate Controversy (section)

{{short description|Puritan versus Church of England pamphlet "war"}}
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[[File:Pasquilltp.gif|thumb|right|The title page of [[Pasquill (the Cavaliero)|the Cavaliero Pasquill]]'s "Countercuffe to Martin Junior," 1589, one of the anti-Martinist tracts.]]
The '''Marprelate Controversy''' was a war of pamphlets waged in England and Wales in 1588 and 1589, between a [[puritan]] writer who employed the pseudonym [[Martin Marprelate]], and defenders of the [[Church of England]] which remained an [[Established Church|established church]].