• Henry 8 and His Wives: Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Katherine Howard, Katherine Parr
• The Four Thomas': Thomas Wolsey .. Thomas More .. Thomas Cromwell .. Thomas Cranmer
• Succession of the Throne: Edward 6 .. Lady Jane Grey .. Mary Tudor .. Elizabeth 1 .. Mary Queen of Scots
• Early Protestant martyrs':William Tyndale .. Hugh Latimer .. Nicholas Ridley .. John Bradford .. John Hooper
• Early English Puritans: Thomas Cartwright .. Walter Travers .. Robert Browne
• Other Prominent Churchmen of the era: Stephen Gardiner .. Reginald Pole .. John Jewel .. Matthew Parker .. Richard Hooker
• Some Reformed Influences: Martin Bucer .. John Lasco .. Peter Martyr .. John Knox .. Heinrich Bullinger .. Theodore Beza

• English Reformation Time Line: 1509-1689 - The Tudors and Stuarts (pdf file)

  Published Resources:

• The Wives of Henry VIIIby Antonia Frasier Reprint edition (January 1994) Vintage Books; ISBN: 067973001X
• Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison Weir Reprint edition (March 1993) Ballantine Books (Trd Pap); ISBN: 034538072X
• Mary Queen of Scots by Antonia Fraser Paperback Reprint edition (October 1993) Delta; ISBN: 038531129X
• Life of Elizabeth I by Alison Weir (September 1998) Ballantine Books (T); ISBN: 0345405331
• Review of
• Thomas Cranmer: A Life By Diarmaid MacCulloch. Yale University Press, 1996.
• The Collects of Thomas Cranmer by Paul F. Zahl (Editor) Published: 1/19/98
• English Dissenters - Bibliography

  Online resources

• Tudor England: . . An extensive and very useful site!!
  • Henry VIII and His Many Relationships
  • The Six Wives of Henry VIII: Catherine of Aragon - divorced , Anne Boleyn - beheaded, Jane Seymour - died, Anne of Cleves - divorced, Katherine Howard - beheaded, Katherine Parr - survived.
  • Also in the English Reformation: Edward VI .. Lady Jane Grey .. Mary 1 and Elizabeth 1.
  • Each accompanied by galleries of pictures.

• Luminarium: 16th Century Renaissance English Literature: Extensive site with plenty of biographies and including:
  • Henry 8th
  • Links and Resources - An extensive list of resources!

• The English Reformation (1529-1603) Christian Education Classes Over the Internet By The Reverend Rowan Greer : includes:
  • Religious Extremes and the Elizabethan Settlement
  • Henry VIII's Break with the Papacy and its Background
  • Maintaining the Elizabethan Settlement
  • Plus more classes on later Anglican Church history.

• Shakespeare's Life and Times Home Page includes: History and Politics .. Henry the VIII .. Edward VI and Mary I: Extremes .. The Reign of Elizabeth plus lots more.

• Tudor Chronology An extensive work by Kevin Currin
• Anglican Timeline includes 1517-1564: The Reformation. .. 1564-1660: The Era of Puritanism .. 1660: Restoration of the monarchy under Charles II.
• World of Renaissance and Reformation: England and Scotland in the Sxteenth Century by Bill Gilbert
• The Tudor Women
• Life of Women in Tudor England - A must-visit
• Elizabethian Costuming Page Lots of lins on costume and dress!
• Index of the Literature of the English Renaissance and Early Seventeenth Century By Roger Blackwell Bailey, Ph.D. - Plenty of links
• ENGLAND: History, Culture, and Christian Heritage- another extensive and great list of resources.
• Catholic Encyclopedia: England since the Reformation - More Catholic Encyclopedia articles are listed below.
• The Elizabethan Homilies (e-text) Books of Homilies were also done during Edward VI's and Mary 1's reigns.
• Anglican Communion Website More Anglican links in the ENGLAND link above.
• Britannica on the Anglican Communion

Resources on Significant People:

William Tyndale: Martyred Translator of the English Bible (1494-1536)
• William Tyndale Great site!
• Tyndale Society
• Glimpses: William Thomas Wolsey(1475-1530) Cardinal and Archbishop of York, failed to get Henry 8 a divorce
  • Catholic Encylopedia: Thomas Wolsey
  • The Life and Death of Cardinal Wolsey by George Cavendish - his Son-in-Law

  Thomas Cromwell(1485-1542) Henry's "man" during the 1530's - engineering the break with Rome and dismantlement of the monestaries. He had protestant sympathies.

  • The Suppression of Glastonbury Abbey 1539

  Thomas More (1478-1535) Humanist friend of Erasmus and foe of William Tyndale, served as Chancellor to Henry 8, died for refusing to sign the Act of Supremacy

  • The Thomas More Web Site
  • Thomas More
  • Catholic Encyclopedia: Thomas More
  • The Thomas More Circle
  • More's Controversy with William Tyndale

  John Fisher (1469-1535) Bishop of Rochester, also executed for refusing to sign the Oath of Supremacy.

  • John Fisher Web Page
  • Keifer's Biographies: Tyndale, More, and Fisher

  Stephen Gardiner (1497-1555) Bishop that opposed Cromwell and Cranmer

  Hugh Latimer (1485-1555) and Nicholas Ridley(1503-1555) Early Protestant leaders killed by Mary 1

  • Keifer's Biographies: Hugh Latimer, Nicholas Ridley, and Thomas Cranmer
  • Latimer - Ridley - Cranmer
  • II. Reformation Literature in England.§ 9. Hugh Latimer

  Thomas Cranmer (1489-1556) Principle architect of the Protestant Anglican Church during the reigns of Henry 8 and Edward 6, Wrote the Book of Common Prayer. Martyred by Mary 1

  • A Cranmer biography
  • Necessary Doctrine by Thomas Cranmer (1489-1556)
  • Thomas Cranmer and the Book of Common Prayer by The Rev'd David Garrett
  • The 1549 Book of Common Prayer
  • 21 March 1556 - The execution of Archbishop Thomas Cranmer
  • Account of Cranmer's Death

  John Bradford(1510?-1555) Prominent Protestant pastor martyred by Mary 1

  • Bradford Biography
  • Writings of the Rev. John Bradford Prebendary of St. Paul's, and Martyr, A.D. 1555 Includes a biography, etc
  • The Old Man & The New by John Bradford (1548)
  • Foxe's Acct of Martyrdom

  John Hooper (?-1555) Bishop who opposed Cranmer over vestments and was a Martyr in Mary's reign

  • Foxes book of Martyrs, Ch. LIX - John Hooper
  • Bishop John Hooper

  Reginald Pole(1500-1558) Cardinal and Archbishop of Canterbury that tried to bring the English Church back to Rome during Mary 1's reign.

  • Biography of Cardinal Pole
  • Catholic Encyclopedia: Reginald Pole

  Thomas Cartwright (1535-1603) and Walter Travers (1548-1635), were prominent Puritan/ Presbyterian leaders during Elizebeth's reign

  • Evolution of Elizabethan Ecclesiology, 1560-1590: A Key to Its Later Revival by David W. Hall includes a lengthy section on Cartwright.
  • Origin of the Westminister Assembly
  • Book of Discipline by Walter Travers (1587)

  Matthew Parker (1504-1575) Archbishop of Canturbury under Elizabeth 1

  John Jewel (1522-71): the chief Elizabethan defender of Anglicanism against Rome, wrote An Apology for the Church of England. Served as Bishop of Salisbury.

  • Challenge

  Richard Hooker (1554-1600) Anglican Churchman under Elizabeth 1 who opposed the Puritan movement. He wrote The Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity,

  • Richard Hooker (1554-1600)
  • Richard Hooker
  • Keifer's Biography of Richard Hooker
  • Memorable Sketches: Richard Hooker
  • Sermon by Richard Hooker
  • Richard Hooker's Discourse on Natural Law in the Context of the Magisterial Reformation

  Foxes's Book of Martyrs

  • John Foxe's Book of Martyrs - Complete text.
  • The John Foxe Project
  • Telling the Truth Book Chapter by Marvin Olasky
  • Why were our Reformers Burned? also on Wm Tydale.com

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