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Book SynopsisCranmer's career set within the intellectual and theological context of 16c England.Fascinating collection of essays - Cranmer's career is set within the context of European politics and religion and his contributions to English liturgy and theology. The scope of the various essays is wide, encompassing his intellectual relations with Erasmus and Luther, his period of ambassadorial service on the Continent, his remarkable command of the English language at one of the most important periods in its development as a vehicle for intellectualand religious debate, and his extensive redrafting of a new code of law in place of the old ecclesiastical canon law. NOTES AND QUERIESDr PAUL AYRIS is Director of Library Services at University College London; Dr DAVID SELWYN is Reader in Ecclesiastical History, University of Wales, Lampeter.
Table of ContentsPart 1 The ideological background: Cranmer's relations with Erasmianism and Lutheranism, B. Hall; Cranmer's library - its 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 - its 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.
