Thomas Cranmer, churchman and scholar
Paul Ayris (Editor), David G. Selwyn (Editor)
Cranmer in the intellectual and theological context of 16c England.
Biographies
xv, 355 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780851155494, 9780851157405, 0851155499, 0851157408
28147549
Part 1 The ideological background: Cranmer's relations with Erasmianism and Lutheranism, B. Hall; Cranmer's library - it's potential for Reformation studies, D.G. Selwyn. Part 2 Thomas Cranmer's career as archbishop and reformer: setting forth the Word of God - Archbishop Cranmer's early patronage of preachers, S. Wabuda; Cranmer as humanist reformer, M. Dowling; God's viceregent and Christ's vicar - the relationship between the Crown and the archbishopric of Canterbury, 1533-53, P. Ayris; Thomas Cranmer and John Dudley - an uneasy alliance, 1549-53. Part 3 Cranmer and the reform of worship and spirituality: treasures old and new - a look at some of Thomas Cranmer's methods of liturgical compilation, B.D. Spinks; Cranmer's marriage vow - it's place in the tradition, K.W. Stephenson; Cranmer and popular religion, E. Duffy; Cranmer, the Eucharist and foreign divines in the reign of Edward VI, B. Hall; Excursus, B. Hall. Part 4 The martyrdom: "I pray to God to grant that I may endure to the end" - a new look at the martyrdom of Thomas Cranmer. Appendices: Thomas Cranmer, 1489-1556; Thomas Cranmer's writings - a bibliographical survey, D.G. Selwyn; Thomas Cranmer's register, Paul Ayris; Cranmer's commonplace books, D.G. Selwyn and Paul Ayris; canon law studies, Paul Ayris.
Enlarged and expanded from papers presented at a conference marking the 500th anniversary of Cranmer's birth