John Bale (Cyclopedia of World Authors)
John Bale, the outspoken antipapist bishop of Ossory, was educated by the Carmelites and took his divinity degree at Jesus College, Cambridge, in 1529. He was a passionate advocate of the Protestant Reformation and wrote many polemical essays in its defense. Being a Protestant cleric, he was able to marry, after which he obtained a post in Suffolk.
Thomas Cromwell, knowing of Bale’s popular anti-Catholic morality plays, became his protector. When Cromwell was beheaded in 1540 after the failure of the match he had arranged between Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves, the playwright...
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