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You hand a butcher a torch - and refuse to light your rector's pyre
A butcher is ordered to burn his own rector alive on a freezing Suffolk morning. What do you do when the one thing you will not surrender is the one thing they will kill you for keeping?
You hand a butcher a torch - and refuse to light your rector's pyre
This episode explores the story of Rowland Taylor, a man who faced an impossible choice in 1555. It delves into the personal and political forces that shaped his decision, and the profound question of what it costs to hold an idea when the world decides it should die.
Person: Rowland Taylor
Date: February 1555
Location: Hadleigh, Suffolk…
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