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Thomas Cranmer : a life /

Thomas Cranmer was the architect of the Anglican Book of Common Prayer. He was the Archbishop who guided England through the early Reformation, and Henry VIII through the minefields of divorce. This is the first major biography for more than three decades, and the first for a century to exploit rich...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: MacCulloch, Diarmaid
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, ©1996.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Simple esquire: 1489-1503
  • 2. Cambridge years: 1503-29
  • 3. Campaign to end a marriage: 1527-33
  • 4. The reign of Queen Anne: 1533-6
  • 5. From Anne Boleyn to Thomas Cromwell: 1535-7
  • 6. A 'Reformed' Church? 1535-9
  • 7. Salvaging the cause: 1539-42
  • 8. A problem of survival: 1542-6
  • 9. Welcoming King Josiah: 1546-9
  • 10. 1549: Commotion in Church and commonwealth
  • 11. Building a Protestant Church: 1550-52
  • 12. Paradise betrayed: 1552-3
  • 13. Condemned: 1553-6
  • 14. Aftermath and retrospect
  • Appendix I: Was Stephen Nevinson Cranmer's anonymous biographer?
  • Appendix II: The date of Henry VIII's marriage to Anne Boleyn
  • Appendix III: University connections among close relatives, servants and households of Thomas Cranmer and Stephen Gardiner.