Spenser’s Blatant Beast: The Thousand Tongues of Elizabethan Religious Polemic by Christopher A. Hill

“…That these disputes were about serious and far-reaching matters is undeniable; it is also undeniable that the means by which these disputes were waged, especially in notorious cases like those of Martin Marprelate, caused significant intellectual, rhetorical, and religious anxiety among combatants and observers alike. …”
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'She tooke armes her selfe': violence, propaganda, and social criticism in The Life of Long Meg of Westminster by Matthews, GE

“…Around 1590, when the text was first registered with the Stationers’ Company, it may be understood as referring to events of the late sixteenth century, such as the English defeat of the Spanish Armada, and is referred to in literary debates including the Martin Marprelate controversy. In 1620, the text may be interpreted as forming part of the English querelle des femmes debates printed around the same time. …”