October 2 - William Tyndale, Anne Boleyn and a book for "all Kings to read"

On this day in Tudor history, 2nd October 1528, reformer and Bible translator William Tyndale’s book "The Obedience of a Christian Man" was published in Antwerp.

 

A copy of this book owned by Anne Boleyn ended up being a catalyst of the English Reformation when it was confiscated from the suitor of one of Anne's ladies as a heretical book. Henry VIII ended up reading it and proclaiming that "This Book is for me and all Kings to read.” It set him on his path to the break with Rome and saw him marrying Anne Boleyn as his second wife.

 

Find out the full story in this talk from Claire Ridgway, author of "The Fall of Anne Boleyn: A Countdown".

 

You can see this podcast as a video at the following link:

https://youtu.be/icpG3g08QKI

 

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