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Thomas Cranmer, churchman and scholar

Paul Ayris (Editor), David G. Selwyn (Editor)
Cranmer in the intellectual and theological context of 16c England.
Print Book, English, 1993
Boydell Press, New York, 1993
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