Episode 149: Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
The History of English Podcast
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The Book of Tindal
Many copies of tindal's book were smuggled into england. It turns out that a copy happened to make its way to anne boleyn. Anne loved the book and showed it to henry, and especially those parts about how the king had authority over the church. Well, henry may have liked the book, but the church authorities in england hated it. That included cardinal wolsey, henry's chancellor,. Another person who hated the book was thomas moore. Since tindale was the main subject of the book, he claimed that tindale had wilfully mistranslated new testament.
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