Examinations of Anne Askew

Name: Examinations of Anne Askew
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ISBN: 9780195108491

ISBN-10: 0195108493

ISBN-13: 9780195108491

Edition: 1997

Authors: Anne Askew, Elaine V. Beilin

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In this vivid first-person narrative, Anne Askew (1521-1546), a member of the Reformed church, records her imprisonment for heresy and her interrogation by officials of church and state in the last days of Henry VIII. She represents herself arguing forcefully, learnedly, and wittingly with her accusers, continually demonstrating their theological errors and her own refusal to be the traditional silent woman in public debate on religion. As a spiritual autobiography, a historical document, and a carefully crafted polemic, this work gives new insight into Reformation politics and society in England. After Askew was burned at the stake in 1546, her work was immediately published by John Bale…

Book details

List price: $90.00
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/5/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 264
Size: 5.51" wide x 7.20" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.924
Language: English



Foreword


Acknowledgments


Introduction


Selected Bibliography


Textual Introduction


Note on the Text


List of Abbreviations for Biblical References


The first examinacyon of Anne Askew (1546)


The lattre examinacyon of Anne Askew (1547)


The two examinations of...Maistris An Askew from John Foxe, Actes and Monuments (1563)



In Annae Askevae Constantissimae foeminae and martyris bustum, Epitaphium Sapphicum, I.F.



Epitaph in Sapphic Verse upon the tomb of the most steadfast woman and martyr Anne Askew J. F., translation by G. P. Goold



A Ballad of Anne Askew, Intituled: I am a Woman poore and Blind