Thomas Nashe (1567–1601) A Litany in Time of Plague LINKS Thomas Nashe (1567 - 1601) http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/nashe.htm From Luminarium, an online anthology of English literature from medieval times through the early seventeenth century, this site provides useful background information about Nashe's life and works. BIOGRAPHY Thomas Nashe (1567–1601) Born in Lowestoft, England, the son of a minister, Nashe graduated from Cambridge, made a tour of France and Italy, and by 1588 was establishing himself in London as a professional writer. His hatred of Puritanism led him to join a group of pamphleteers who were defending the Anglican Church and its bishops against Puritan attacks. Nashe also wrote several plays and a picaresque prose narrative, The Unfortunate Traveler (1594), that inaugurated the novel of adventure in English literature.