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The Legacy and Significance of Archbishop Thomas Cranmer, 1558-1660 'There was never man handled as I am': The Legacy and Significance of Archbishop Thomas Cranmer, 1558-1660 Stephen Lamb ui The Department of History Presented in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements For the Degree of Master of Arts at Concordia University Montreal, Quebec, Canada Q Stephen Lamb, 200 1 National Library Bibiiothèque nationale 1+1 OfCada du Canada Acquisitions and Acquisitions et Bioliographit Senrices servicet bibliogaphiques The author has granted a non- L'auteur a accordé une licence non exclusive licence aiiowing the exclusive permettant à la National Libmy of Canada to Bibliothèque nationale du Canada de reproduce, Ioan, distniute or seil reproduire, prêter, distriiner ou copies of this thesis in microform, vendre des copies de cette thése sous paper or electronic formats. la forme de microfiche/fh, de reproduction sur papier ou sur fomiat électtonique. The author retains ownership of the L'auteur conserve la propriété du copyright m this thesis. Neither the droit d'auteur qui protège cette thèse. thesis nor substantial extracts fiom it Ni Ia thèse ni des extraits substantiels may be printed or othenvise de ceiie-ci ne doivent être imprimés reproduçed without the author's ou autrement reproduits sans son pennt-ssion. autorisatioa iii ABSTRACT 'There was never man handled as 1am': The Legacy and Significance of Archbishop Thomas Cranmer, 1558- 1660 Stephen Lamb For centuries. historians and theologians have acknowledged the pre-eminent role of Thomas Cranmer in the English Reformation. However, his significance as an enduring religious influence in the century following his martyrdom has not received close investigation. This thesis traces the legacy and significance of Cranmer f?om the Elizabethan Settlement to the Restoration, focussing especially upon important mid-seventeenth-century religious debates. Interpretations of Cranmer during 1558- 1660 provide strong indications of where English Protestantism stood theologically, and how highly many Protestants valued the refomis enacted under Cranmer and his colleagues during the reign of Edward 1(1547-1553). This legacy has a significant bearing upon how one interprets English Protestantism, as it demonstrates a commitment to the Reformed theology of Cranmer's later years and a Iack of continuity with Roman Catholic antecedents. Furthemore, mid-seventeenth century interpretations of Cranmer demonstrate the importance of religious factors in the EngIisti Civil Wars. Changing interpretations of Cranmer by radical puritans and Laudians highlight the innovative nature of religious reforms leading to and during the hostilities of the I640s, whilst the use of Cranmer by moderates within the English Church reveais a longstanding reverence for and adherence to the doctrine of the Edwardian reformers. Thus, this examination reveals the construction of Cranmer as a universally approved Protestant hem during the Elizabethan era, lasting into the 1630s. Thts came undone in the mid- seventeenth century, however, as debates over the eucharist, episcopacy, and Iinirgy forced Laudians, Presbyterians, and especiaily radica! puritans, to re- evaluate Cranmer and the roIe he played in the Edwardiau Refonnation. It is upon the completion of a seemingly solitary effort such as a M.A. thesis that one cornes to realise the debts owed to so many for one's academic progress. While this thesis has been a work of discovery and serendipirj, and perhaps more of a pedagogical exercise than scholarly contribution, it none the less has been moulded by a great many people who deserve mention, whether for their contribution to its production, or for their contribution to my uitellectual development. Above all, 1must warmly thank my supervisor, Robert Tittler, for his patience, dedication, willingness to work in new areas, and for htsuggesting the topic to me one year ago. 1must also thank the other two examiners of this thesis for being so much more than careful examiners. During my time at Concordia, Fred Bode has provided me with constant intetlectual inspiration as well as fiiendship, and Shannon McSheffiey has been a mode1 of both industry and helpfiilness. In reaching this point in my academic life, 1must aIso acknowledge the following in particular: the enonnous influence of John Craig, who provided me, as a keen but IargeIy ignorant undergraduate, with no end of help, encouragement, and inspiration; Mary Vipond, for curing my distaste for histotiography and methodology; Deloris Clavero, for cultivating in me a love of Literature in history; and Lawrin Armstrong, for heIping me to understand the importance of epics and historical visions. My experience at Concordia has been greatly enriched by two other factors, nameiy, the reguiar stimuIation of my reading group and the sense of community generated by the Graduate History Student Association, both of which I shail miss most dearfy. Fialiy, 1 must offer a word of thanks to rny parents, Gordon and Susan Lamb, for their steadfast support in al1 my endeavours. Concordia University Dominion Day, 200 1 Contents CHAPTER 2 CWTINCA PROmTANT HERO: FROM THE ELIZABETHAN SETTLEMENT TO THE EARLY STUART ERA .......... ................... ,.... ..... -.......-... 25 CHAPTER 3 "l'HE MOST LEARNED M THIS THEME OF OUR WTE DIV[NES': CRANMER AND THE EUCHARET DEBATE ........- ............-... .... ....-."--.., 49 CHAPTER 4 'SUCH A FlLTHY PRECEDENT': CRANMER AND THE SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY DEBATE OVER THE EPISCOPACY ...., .................... ... ...... 13 CHAPTER 5 M THE BLOOD OF TFIE MARTYRS: CRANlCIER ANù THE ENCLISH LlTURGY ,.,U...U.....-.-..- ..................... .... 94 CONCLUSION ..., .... ........ ..... ................... .... ......................... ..........-......-...... .... -.. 114 Chapter 1 Introduction: An Ambiguous Legacy? Writing in 1655, Thomas Fuller, in his Church History, provides one of the most sympathetic and apologetic accounts of the most famous Marian martyr. ' Fuller's discussion of Cranmer is most noteworthy for the apparent need he feels to defend the archbishop at every stage of his career, against a wide amy of opponents of the reforms Cranmer brought about. When dealing with both the ordination and !he execution of Cranmer, Fuller fends off accusations of opportunism and cowardice by Roman Catholic and radical purita. critics alike, the latter of whom are represented in the vituperation of William ~rynne.~This is rather curious given that many sacrarnentalists and puritans also used Cranmer's beliefs and exarnple to promote their particular visions of the churçtt, be it one of ceremony or of suffering. For the former, Cranmer's nile in creating the Prayer Book and his obvious support for an episcopacy made him an important figure in the drive to maintain a liturgy and prelacy against encroaching puritan reforms in the 1640s. For the latter, Cranmer's connections to European reformers and to nascent Calvinisrn, as well as his eucharistie views, served CObuttress mid-seventeenth-century claims hat Laudian reforms were threatening to ovemahost a century of proper Protestant worship. ' Thomas Fuller, The Church History (London, 1659, Book V, pp. 52-53,6I-73,90, 137-175, 196-20 1. 'Ibid., see esp. pp. 66-73. Fuller's treatment of Cranmer provides just one example of how early modem Engiish Protestants dealt with a religious heritage that couid be problematic, but nevertheless formed an essential basis upon which to build. Fuller presents Cranmer as a key reformer who representcd a mode1 of moderation, conservatism, and compromise. However, Fuller was by no means the first English scholar to deal with the problern of how to interpret such a complex and important figure. This study will deal with the legacy, reputation, and significance of Thomas Cranmer in the century foIlowing his martyrdom, focusing especially upon the mid-seventeenth century. Cranmer's mie in the creation of the Church of England is without doubt paramount. As Archbishop of Canterbury, compiler of the Book of Common Prayer, advocate of ecclesiastical legal reforrn, and foremost Marian martyr, he is an unavoidable and pre-eminent figure in the early course of the Reformation. Yet, he would have become a perplexing figure to the seventeenth-century mind. It is likely that Cranmer only embraced Caivinist doctrine in the later stages of bis life, and he never sought to enact reforms of church practice and governent along entirely Genevan ine es.^ He was ultimately willing to die for his anti-Catholic beliefs, yet he was willing to see Protestants deemed too radical die for theirs. His major contribution to the Church was an English liturgy, much detested by Catholics; yet this was still a prescnied and ritualistic liturgy, greatiy disliked by many puritans. He favoured a symbolic interpretation of the eucharist; however, bis position on this matter 3 See Diarmaid MacCuiioch,-Thornos Cnuuner, A Life (New Haven, 1996), p. 428. had changed several times during his ~ife.~Thus, he is a figure who would have been potentialIy usehl as well as problematic to both sides in debates over episcopacy, use of the Prayer Book, the meaning of the Lord's supper, and hinianism. Such debates are well known to students of seventeenth-century religious and political history. However, the significance of the sixteenth-century reformers in such debates is something that has not been explored in great depth. 1 propose to use Cranmer's legacy as a way of getting some bearings on such matters. Though he is by no means the only important source of influence sternming fiorn the sixteenth
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