Bishop John Hooper was the Anglican Bishop of Gloucester and Worcester. He became the principal proponent of Swiss Calvinism in England and served as chaplain first to Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset and then to John Dudley, Earl of Warwick. After the death of Edward VI and the succession of Mary Tudor he suffered…
Today’s free book is a collection of 183 letters relating to the Reformation in England during the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI and Mary Tudor. A copy of this public domain title was supplied for digisation by Book Aid. Hastings Robinson [1792?-1866], Original Letters Relative to the English Reformation Written During the Reigns of…
Today’s free book is a history of the Anabaptist movement, one of the groups that formed part of the Radical Reformation in Europe. This public domain title was digitised using the copy held in Spurgeon’s College libary. Robert Heath [1831-1912], Anabaptism. From its Rise at Zwickhan to its Fall at Münster. London: Alexander and Shepheard,…
Today’s free book is, appropriately, a detailed examination of the trial of Guy Fawkes and others, for their parts in the attempt to assassinate King James I. My thanks to Book Aid for making a copy of this public domain title available for digitisation. Donald Carswell [1882-1940], editor, Trial of Guy Fawkes and Others (The…
