Friday, 31 May 2013

http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/wsbsq/henry-viiis-enforcer-the-rise-and-fall-of-thomas-cromwell

The Thomas Cromwell reappraisal continues; see clip with renowned Tudor expert, Cranmer (and soon to be Cromwell) biographer Professor MacCulloch.  Key quote:

But Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch knows where he stands: for him Cromwell is a maligned giant, “a visionary who helped lay the foundations of the modern British state”, and MacCulloch lays his case out brilliantly in a thoughtful gem of a programme. 

Friday, 24 May 2013

Thomas Cromwell -- the reappraisal continues!

http://primetime.unrealitytv.co.uk/henry-viiis-enforcer-the-rise-and-fall-of-thomas-cromwell/

In this new documentary on Henry VIII's adviser, "Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch reveals another side to Cromwell. He argues that Cromwell was a principled and pioneering statesman, an idealist and a revolutionary, whose radical evangelism laid the foundations for the modern British state."

Thursday, 9 May 2013

Woodcut from 1525 Tyndale WT.


http://books.google.com/books?id=CrYOAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=editions:HIW-IDLPbCMC&hl=en&sa=X&ei=otKLUd_XEMXF4AOYzoFg&ved=0CDkQ6wEwAg#v=onepage&q&f=false
Splendid woodcut from the 1525 New Testament.