Pasquinade

[6] The verse pasquinade has a classical source in the satirical epigrams of ancient Roman and Greek writers such as Martial, Callimachus, Lucillius, and Catullus.

[3][7][8] As they became more pointed, the place of publication of Pasquillorum Tomi Duo (1544) was shifted to Basel,[9] less squarely under papal control, disguised on the titlepage as Eleutheropolis, "freedom city".

Most pasquinades were created as a form of political satire, reacting to contemporary developments, and are generally more concerned with amusing or shocking the readers, and defaming their targets, than with literary qualities.

[3] Some authorities, including royalty and clergy, unsuccessfully attempted to ban or restrict the writing and spread of pasquinades,[3] in comparison to the tolerated "lighter" and more playful parodic texts and fabliaux performed during festivals.

[12] In 1589 one of the contributors to the Marprelate Controversy, a pamphlet war between the Established Church of England and its puritan opponents, adopted the pseudonym Pasquill.

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