Cranmer Studies

Rev. Dr. Gerald Bray, “Documents of the English Reformation:” Tyndale ends his Preface as gloriously as he started and continued it. Pure air up in the mountains with this man. Rev. Dr. Philip Edgcumbe Hughes, “Theology of English Reformers:” Prof. Hughes continues to serve up Dr. Cranmer's edgy pushback on the Devonshire rebels of 1549, to wit, having a known tongue for worship rather than Latin with ignorant worshippers. Diarmaid McCulloch’s “Thomas Cranmer:” We get the story of Anne of Cleves arriving in Calais in December and crossing to Dover on 27 Dec 1539. The story of Harry getting a peek of Anne (and his revulsion) occurs in Rochester. Cranmer accompanies Anne to Greenwich Palace (261). Tunstall and Cranmer see no problems with the marital arrangement, so Harry is compelled to marry her. Cromwell, however, is the scapegoat (261). Arthur Innes: “Cranmer and the Reformation in England:” Innes offers a tepid review of the 10 Articles of 1536, the articles that pleased few and annoyed all. Leslie Williams’ “Emblem of Faith Untouched: A Short Life of Thomas Cranmer:” One hears of the Lincolnshire uprisings of Oct-Nov 1536 consequent to the Ten Articles and monastic despoliations (57). Ridley, Jaspar. “Thomas Cranmer:” We hear of the deliberations on the Katherine Howard case. The ante will be upped and she'll visit the scaffold for her cameo appearance.