Thomas Cranmer: Architect of Anglican Theology

Thomas Cranmer

An English theologian and clergyman, and one of the principal leaders of the English Reformation. He became Archbishop of Canterbury in 1533 and was active across the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI, and Mary I. He was involved in the annulment of Henry VIII's marriage to Catherine of Aragon and supported royal supremacy over the Church. During the reign of Edward VI, he promoted liturgical reform in English and led the creation of the first two editions of the Book of Common Prayer. During the reign of Mary I, he was tried for heresy and treason, and was burned at the stake in Oxford in 1556.

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Year	Thomas Cranmer
1489	Birth of Thomas Cranmer (Period: July 2, 1489, Location: Aslockton, Nottinghamshire, England)
1516	Marriage (Thomas Cranmer, Joan, Age: 26 years old, Period: c. 1515–c. 1516, Location: Cambridge, England)
1527	Academic Activities at Cambridge University (Age: 37 years old, Period: c. 1503–1527, Location: Cambridge, England)
1532	Marriage (Thomas Cranmer, Margarete Cranmer, Age: 42 years old, Period: July 1532, Location: Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire (present-day Germany))
1533	Henry VIII's Marriage Annulment Issue (Age: 43 years old, Period: c. 1527–1533, Location: England, Rome, and Various Parts of Europe) Accession to the Position of Archbishop of Canterbury (Thomas Cranmer, Age: 43 years old, Period: 1533, Location: Canterbury, England)
1539	Ten Articles and Six Articles Acts (Age: 49 years old, Period: 1539, Location: London, Parliament of England)
1546	Schmalkaldic War (Age: 56 years old, Period: 1546–1547, Location: Holy Roman Empire, especially Central and Southern Germany)
1549	Prayer Book Rebellion (Age: 59 years old, Period: 1549, Location: Devon, Cornwall)
1553	Succession Issue After the Death of Edward VI (Age: 63 years old, Period: 1553, Location: London and England)
1556	Death of Thomas Cranmer (Age: 66 years old, Period: March 21, 1556) Burning at the Stake of Thomas Cranmer (Age: 66 years old, Period: March 21, 1556, Location: Oxford, near Broad Street)
Unknown	Cooperation with Henry VIII on Diplomatic and Religious Issues (Period: 1527–1532, Location: England and Europe) Reform of Worship in English (Period: 1530s–1540s, Location: England) Appointment as Archbishop of Canterbury (Period: 1532–1533, Location: Canterbury, England) Creation of the 1549 Book of Common Prayer (Period: 1548–1549, Location: England) Revision of the 1552 Book of Common Prayer (Period: 1549–1552, Location: England) Formation of the Forty-two Articles (Period: 1551–1553, Location: England) Trial of Thomas Cranmer (Period: 1553–1556, Location: London and Oxford) Culmination of Reformation Thought and Martyrdom (Period: 1555–1556, Location: Oxford, England)

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The English royal family	Henry Tudor Edward Tudor Mary Tudor Elizabeth Tudor
The English Reformation	Thomas Cranmer William Tyndale Thomas More John Fisher Hugh Latimer John Foxe John Jewel Richard Hooker
Renaissance science	Nicolaus Copernicus Andries van Wesel Gerard de Kremer John Napier Filippo Bruno Galileo Galilei
Renaissance Art	Leonardo da Vinci Benvenuto Cellini Andrea Palladio Philibert de l'Orme Pierre Lescot Jean Goujon

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