After Chaucer finishes describing all the pilgrims on the trip to Canterbury, the pilgrims are ready to begin telling their stories. The group decides that the pilgrim who tells the story with the best moral will win a free dinner when he or she returns to London. How will they decide which pilgrim tells his …
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He tells the group members to draw straws to decide who tells the first tale. The Knight wins and prepares to begin his tale. How do the pilgrims decide who will tell their story first? After Chaucer finishes describing all the pilgrims on the trip to Canterbury, the pilgrims are ready to begin telling their …
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To pass the time on the journey, they decide to each tell two tales to the assembled company on the journey there and the journey home. Why are the pilgrims telling tales? To pass the time and entertain each other on their way the pilgrims take it in turns to tell stories, many of a …
Oliver Cromwell was descended from a junior branch of the Cromwell family, distantly related from (as great, great grand-uncle) Thomas Cromwell, chief minister to King Henry VIII. Thomas Cromwell’s sister Katherine had married a Welsh lawyer, Morgan Williams. Who came first Oliver or Thomas Cromwell? Oliver Cromwell His Highness Oliver Cromwell Preceded by Thomas Purchase …
Thomas Cranmer. Thomas Cranmer The Right Reverend and Right Honourable Thomas Cranmer Predecessor William Warham Successor Reginald Pole Orders Consecration 30 March 1533 by John Longland Who was Henry VIII’s Protestant Archbishop of Canterbury? Thomas CranmerThomas Cranmer, (born July 2, 1489, Aslacton, Nottinghamshire, England—died March 21, 1556, Oxford), the first Protestant archbishop of Canterbury (1533–56), …
Trained for the church as a child, he remained staunchly Catholic for his entire life though the Catholic church deemed him a heretic. What religion was Thomas Cromwell? Gilbert Burnet, the seventeenth–century historian, said it was ‘certain’ Cromwell died a Lutheran. The expression ‘catholic faith‘, he goes on, ‘was then used in England in its …
The King’s principal adviser initially helped Anne marry Henry by using his legal expertise to help him annul his first marriage to Catherine of Aragon. However, Anne later angered Cromwell by interfering in court politics, and the two became sworn enemies. Why did Thomas Cromwell dislike Anne Boleyn? Not only had she so far failed …
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What is another word for archbishop? bishop cardinal prelate primate priest cleric minister ecclesiastic preacher reverend What is called archbishop? In the Roman Catholic, Orthodox, and Anglican Churches, an archbishop is a bishop of the highest rank, who is in charge of all the bishops and priests in a particular country or region. What is …
The Early Church Stephen is the first martyr reported in the New Testament, accused of blasphemy and stoned by the Sanhedrin under the Levitical law. Who was the first martyr killed? St. StephenSt. Stephen, (died 36 ce, Jerusalem; feast day December 26), Christian deacon in Jerusalem and the first Christian martyr, whose apology before the …
Stephen and St. James. Of the apostles the most important martyrs were SS. Peter and Paul, both put to death at Rome. Who is the most famous martyr? Thomas Becket, 1170 – The most famous martyr of the Middle Ages. Peter of Verona, 1252 by Cathars – Canonized 11 months after his death; the fastest …
