Claire | October 2, 2019

I’m so sorry that I haven’t been around much recently, life has just got in the way! I just wanted to share with you my latest “On this day in Tudor history” video, which is based on an article I wrote on this very site a few years ago, because it is about a book […]

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Tags: The Obedience of a Christian Man, William Tyndale

Claire | October 2, 2017

On 2nd October 1528 English reformer and Bible translator William Tyndale published his most influential book, The Obedience of the Christian Man and How Christian Rulers Ought to Govern. This book features in a story about Anne Boleyn, which is told by both George Wyatt, grandson of Thomas Wyatt the Poet, and the 17th century […]

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Tags: Anne Boleyn and William Tyndale, Break with Rome, The Obedience of a Christian Man, William Tyndale

Claire | October 2, 2016

On this day in history, 2nd October 1528, English reformer and Bible translator William Tyndale published his book The Obedience of the Christian Man and How Christian Rulers Ought to Govern. In his book, Tyndale wrote that rulers were accountable to God, not the Pope. As I have written before, Anne Boleyn owned a copy […]

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Tags: Anne Boleyn and Tyndale, Henry VIII and Tyndale, The Obedience of a Christian Man, William Tyndale

Claire | October 2, 2014

On 2nd October 1528 The Obedience of the Christian Man and How Christian Rulers Ought to Govern was published by English Reformer and Bible translator William Tyndale. Amongst other things, Tyndale’s book said that rulers were accountable to God and not the Pope. Anne Boleyn owned a copy of this book, as well as Tyndale’s […]

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Tags: Anne Boleyn and the reformation, Anne Boleyn's faith, Reformation, The Obedience of a Christian Man, William Tyndale

Claire | October 2, 2013

The 2nd October 1528 saw the publication of English reformer and Bible translator William Tyndale’s “The Obedience of the Christian Man” (full title: “The Obedience of a Christen man, and how Christen rulers ought to govern, wherein also (if thou mark diligently) thou shalt find eyes to perceive the crafty convience of all jugglers”) in […]

Category: Anne Queen Consort, Books, Henry VIII, The Reformation | 21 Comments »
Tags: annulment, great matter, Reformation, The Obedience of a Christian Man, The Reformation, William Tyndale