# Series 2 Episode 2 - Martin Marprelate. Part 1, Backdrop (Transcript added). Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-rise-of-the-protestants-6456889/series-2-episode-2-martin-marprelate-part-1-backdrop-transcript-added Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-rise-of-the-protestants-6456889/series-2-episode-2-martin-marprelate-part-1-backdrop-transcript-added.md Podcast: [The Rise of the Protestants](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-rise-of-the-protestants-6456889) Published: 2025-05-09T08:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://shaughanholt.captivate.fm/episode/martin-marprelate Audio file: https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/05ee3aa4-d8b7-49c8-a67f-38593e852ad1.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-rise-of-the-protestants-6456889/episodes/series-2-episode-2-martin-marprelate-part-1-backdrop-transcript-added Duration seconds: 1536 ## Resource Regular episode • Season 2 • Episode 2 • Series 2 Episode 2 - Martin Marprelate. Part 1, Backdrop (Transcript added). © 20 26 The Rise of the Protestants., Author, Shaughan Holt. Artwork • The Cambridge University Library copy of: 'The Protestation of Martin Marprelate’ , 1589, the final instalment, in the series Hastily created on an antiquated press hidden in a barn on a Coventry property, this last pamphlet was probably typeset by Martin’s collaborators, Job Throckmorton and John Penry. of Martin Marprelate'. Music • Daniel Bacheler: To Plead My Faith · The Consort of Musicke · Anthony Rooley Music • Daniel Bacheler: To Plead My Faith • The Consort of Musicke • Anthony Rooley Daniel Bacheler, 1572 – 1619, was an English lutenist and composer. Daniel Bacheler served an apprenticeship with his uncle, Thomas Cardell, who was a lutenist and dancing-master in the court of Queen Elizabeth I. Bacheler worked for Sir Francis Walsingham, Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, as a groom of the bed chamber for Queen Anne of Denmark, and the consort of James I. At the royal court he composed some fifty lute pieces. This is his only surviving song, set to the words of Robert Devereux, the Earl of Essex, 1565-160. Notes: In the late 1500’s in London, if you wanted to buy a good book, or some other publication, there was only one place to go: St. Paul’s Churchyard. Today, visitors standing at its north gate, see sloping paths and quiet gardens, but 435 years ago, this open space was packed with a dense maze of bookshops. Shops were tucked between buildings, wedged against the cathedral’s buttresses, and even wrapped around the walls. Everywhere you turned, there were books, and the people who loved them. In and around, these bustling stalls, groups of shoppers from long ago, rummage… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-rise-of-the-protestants-6456889/episodes/series-2-episode-2-martin-marprelate-part-1-backdrop-transcript-added/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-rise-of-the-protestants-6456889/series-2-episode-2-martin-marprelate-part-1-backdrop-transcript-added.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.