The Reformation and Robert Barnes - 9781843835349

The Reformation and Robert BarnesHistory, Theology and Polemic in Early Modern England\nAuthor(s): Korey Maas\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: The Boydell Press\nISBN-13: 9781843835349, 978-1843835349\nSynopsis\nThe first extensive examination of Robert Barnes, his career, misconstrued theology and wide-ranging influence beyond England.\n\nBy the time of his death at the stake in 1540, Robert Barnes was recognized as one of the most influential evangelical reformers in Henrician England. Friend and foe alike judged him the most popular and persuasive preacher of the'new learning'. He enjoyed the patronage of King, Archbishop, and Vicegerent at home, and the praise of evangelical princes and theologians abroad. He wrote what would be the closest the Henrician reformers came to a systematic theology, as well as the first Protestant history of the papacy. Then his dramatic, and not entirely explicable, execution quickly ensured his lastinga