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You see the churchwarden and decide to finish the sermon anyway
A Cambridge prior sees the churchwarden and decides to finish the sermon anyway, risking everything for a truth tied to the English Reformation.
You see the churchwarden and decide to finish the sermon anyway
In this episode, we follow Robert Barnes from a pulpit confession in Cambridge to the choices that propelled him into exile and alliance with continental reformers. What did he risk by speaking truth in the wrong room, and where did that risk lead him next?
Person: Robert Barnes
Date: 25 December 1525; 30 July 1540; 1526; 1528
Location: Cambridge; Austin Friars; Thames; Antwerp…
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