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John Bale (21 November 1495 – November 1563) was an English churchman, historian and controversialist, and Bishop of Ossory in Ireland.
John Bale (born Nov. 21, 1495, Cove, Suffolk, Eng.—died November 1563, Canterbury, Kent) was a bishop, Protestant controversialist, and dramatist whose Kynge Johan is asserted to have been the first English history play.
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Dec 15, 2022 · JOHN BALE (1495-1563), Bishop of Ossory, was born at the little village of Cove, near Dunwich in Suffolk, on 21 Nov. 1495. His parents were in a humble rank of life; but at the age of twelve he was sent to the Carmelite convent at Norwich, where he was educated, and thence he passed to Jesus College, Cambridge.
Learn about John Bale, a Renaissance writer who combined religious and dramatic genres. Explore his biography, works, quotes, essays, and study resources on Luminarium.
https://reviews.history.ac.uk/review/1175. Date accessed: 26 June, 2024. For those historians who have studied the English Reformation or the writing of polemics, histories and plays in the 16th century the name John Bale (1495–1563) appears high on the list of English scholars supporting a reformist agenda.
A Carmelite friar and scholar turned Protestant propagandist, John Bale wrote literary history, chronicle history, and religious polemics as well as verse drama.
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Oct 25, 2023 · My father, John Bale, who has died aged 83, was a pioneer in the study of geography and sport. From the 1970s, he published many articles and books. In Sport and Place (1982), he explored the...
