Philip Stubbs (Stubbes) (c. 1555 – c. 1610) was an English

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Life

Stubbs was born about 1555. He was from

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, possibly the area near

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. According to Anthony Wood, he was educated at

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and subsequently at

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, but did not take a degree and his name is not in university records. He is reputed to have been a brother or near relation of

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. He married Katherine Emmes (1570/71–1590) in 1586. His first work was a

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of 1581, and London literati came to see him as one of a group of ballad writers including also William Elderton and

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. In 1583 he published his best-known work, ''The Anatomie of Abuses''. It consisted of a virulent attack on the manners, customs, amusements and fashions of the period including the

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and

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. It is still read for its full information on the cultural attitudes of the time. In 1591 Stubbs published ''A Christal Glass for Christian Women'', for his wife who had died at age 19, of which at least seven editions were called for; it is an example of the ''

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'' in the Protestant tradition. He followed this book with other semi-devotional works. He died in about 1610, aged around 55.

Written Works

* 1581, ''Two Wunderfull and Rare Examples'' * 1582, ''A View of Vanitie, and Allarum to England, or, Retrait from Sinne'' (now lost) * 1583, ''The Anatomie of Abuses'' * 1583,'' The Display of Corruptions'' (part 2 of ''The Anatomie of Abuses'') * 1583, ''The Rosarie of Christian Praiers and Meditation''s (now lost) * 1585, ''The Intended Treason of Doctor Parrie'' * 1585, ''The Theater of the Popes Monarchie'' * 1591, ''A Christal Glasse for Christian Women''—biography of his wife, Katherine Stubbes (née Emmes) * 1592, ''A Perfect Pathway to Felicitie'' * 1593, ''Motive to Good Workes''

Notes

References

* Alexandra Walsham, "Stubbes, Philip (b. c.1555, d. in or after 1610)," ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004
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