John Stubbs; "The Discovery of a Gaping Gulf... "
- Artist/Author/Producer: John Stubbs(c.1543-1591)
- Confronting Bodies: Royalty
- Dates of action: 1579
- Location: England
- Description of the Art Work
- "The Discoverie of a Gaping Gulf Where into England is Likely to be
Swallowed by another French Marriage," 1579: A virulent attack on the
proposed marriage of Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Anjou.
- Description of incident
- 1579 England-London: The copies of the book were burned in the kitchen
stove of Stationer's Hall.
- Results of incident
- 1579 England-London: The author was condemned to have his right hand cut
off by means of a cleaver driven through the wrist by a mallet. Stubbs
thereupon raised his hat with his left hand and cried, "God save the
Queen."
Source: Banned Books 387 B.C. to 1978 A.D., by Anne Lyon Haight, and Chandler B.
Grannis, R.R. Bowker Co, 1978.