ABC Thomas Cranmer's Ambitious Legacy

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Cranmer's Ambiguous Legacy







By Diarmaid MacCulloch







Diarmaid MacCulloch reflects on the 'after-life' of Henry VIII's archbishop, burnt at the stake as a Protestant martyr under Mary.

 


Portrait of Cranmer after Henry VIII's death by an unknown artistArchbishop Thomas Cranmer died at the stake in 1556,