Thomas Cranmer
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Renaissance
- Categories: Government and Politics, Religion, Ethics
- Subcategories: Reformation, Christianity, Christians, Churches, Protestantism, Protestants
- Curriculum: British History, Renaissance History
Article abstract: Cranmer presided, along with Henry VIII and Thomas Cromwell, Henry’s vicegerent in spiritual affairs, over the creation of the Anglican Church in England and separation from the Church of Rome. Cranmer was responsible for giving an English Bible to the English, drafting a new English service via the Book of Common Prayer (1549, 1552), and sealing England’s commitment to a Protestant form of worship by his death under Henry’s daughter Mary.
Early Life
Thomas Cranmer, the son of a country squire, was born at Aslacton,...
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