Anne Askew
Anne Askew (c.1521–1546) was executed for heresy late in the reign of Henry VIII. At her death, she left behind a bundle of writings that became a Protestant trophy in the hands of the martyrologists John Bale and John Foxe. Celebrated as a martyr and as
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Reformation Reputations
David J. Crankshaw · George W. C. Gross Editors
Reformation Reputations The Power of the Individual in English Reformation History
Editors David J. Crankshaw Department of Theology and Religious Studies King’s College London London, UK
George W. C. Gross Department of Theology and Religious Studies King’s College London London, UK
ISBN 978-3-030-55433-0 ISBN 978-3-030-55434-7 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-55434-7 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2021 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, expressed or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover credit: Portrait of Sir Thomas More, by Hans Holbein the Younger, oil on panel, 1527: The Frick Collection, New York, USA, Accession Number 1912.1.77 (© Alamy Stock Photo) This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
To the Institute of Historical Research seminar on ‘The Religious History of Britain 1500–1800’ this book is dedicated by the editors being two of its convenors
Preface and Acknowledgments
One of our contributors has remarked, though elsewhere, that ‘we are living in a golden age for scholarship on the Tudor dynasty and on the Reformation’.1 Much of the current efflorescence lies in historians examining the social dimension to religious change in the sixteenth century, particularly the question of how ideas were communicated, and to whom. Indeed, it is perfectly legitimate, and far from anachronistic, to speak of the marketing of both evangelical concepts and evangelical personalities. Building upon the seminal work of R. W. Scribner, Andrew Pettegree has, for instance, recently entitled a book ‘BrandLuther’.2 More or less running in parallel with research into modes of transmission has been investigation of impact, leading to d
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