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Thomas Cranmer (2 July 1489 – 21 March 1556) was a leader of the English Reformation and Archbishop of Canterbury during the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI and, for a short time, Mary I.
4 days ago · Thomas Cranmer was the first Protestant archbishop of Canterbury (1533–56), adviser to the English kings Henry VIII and Edward VI. As archbishop, he put the English Bible in parish churches, drew up the Book of Common Prayer, and composed a litany that remains in use today.
May 15, 2020 · Thomas Cranmer served as the first Protestant Archbishop of Canterbury from 1533 to 1555 CE and was one of the prime architects of the English Reformation during the reigns of Henry VIII of England (r. 1509-1547 CE) and Edward VI of England (r. 1547-1553 CE).
Jan 13, 2020 · Thomas Cranmer (1489–1556) was a leading reformer in the Church of England and the chief architect behind Anglicanism. His life, legacy, and fate were entangled with those of several English monarchs. King Henry VIII (1491-1547) appointed Cranmer the first Protestant Archbishop of Canterbury.
Discover the biography of Thomas Cranmer - architect of the English Reformation and advisor to Henry VIII
Jun 12, 2022 · On 21st March 1556, Thomas Cranmer was burnt at the stake for heresy. Identified as one of the most influential religious characters of his time in England, a leader of the Reformation and pioneering ecclesiastical figure, his fate had been sealed.
Thomas Cranmer, (born July 2, 1489, Aslacton, Nottinghamshire, Eng.—died March 21, 1556, Oxford), First Protestant archbishop of Canterbury. Educated at the University of Cambridge, he was ordained in 1523.
Twenty-three crucial years in English history were covered by the arch-episcopate of Thomas Cranmer, whose most enduring monument is the English Book of Common Prayer. By H.A.L. Rice.
Thomas Cranmer, seated in an Oxford cell before a plain wooden desk, weary from months of trial, interrogation, and imprisonment, tried to make sense of his life.
4 days ago · Archbishop of Canterbury. Regius Professor of Modern History, University of Cambridge, 1983–88; Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge, 1954–93. Author of The Tudor Revolution in Government and others.
