Talk:Thomas Cranmer

message: I don't understand the nature of this debate. Thomas Cranmer had already recanted his Protestant views and returned to the Roman Catholic Chuch, probably not by personal conviction, but as to respect for the queen Mary I, that he still regarded as the Head of the Church of England, and to avoid his execution by being burned at the stake. Nevertheless, even being against the Canonic Law, he was going to be executed as an heretic, so he still would have been a unlikely Catholic martyr, for being executed after his recantation, or a Anglican martyr, if would return to his previous faith. Since he had nothing to loose anymore, he choose to die as a Protestant martyr.81.193.220.166 (talk) 18:52, 4 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Thomas Cranmer Martyrdom and Execution

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message: While working on a new article The Old House, Milverton I came across this source from the BBC and this from the University of Bristol, which say that Cranmer was archdeacon of Taunton and lived in the house - but I'm having trouble narrowing down the dates for this. Can anyone help & should this be included in the article?— Rod talk 21:32, 7 June 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: This confirms it, but the start date on him holding the office is unknown. Note that the previous officeholder held until 1531, so Cranmer's holding of the office was very brief. I'm not sure it's worth a mention, it was a minor office he held briefly. Ealdgyth - Talk 21:49, 7 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Archdeacon of Taunton 

message: "Vicegerency" and "vicegerent" should not be spelled with hyphens.  Why does the author insist on it?  
The Wikipedia article on "Vicegerent" does not spell it that way and yet any attempt to correct the spelling in this article gets immediately reverted.
I can't find any responsible source that hyphenates that word.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 23.119.205.88 (talk) 19:35, 16 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vicegerency is not a hyphenated word.

message: … see first the Edit summary, and then look at the lack of inline citations in the following—
*the opening sentences of the opening paragraphs of the "Reforms reversed…" section
*opening sentences of paragraphs beginning...
:# "In 1538, the king…"
:# "In the summer of…"
:# "Cranmer’s first contact…"
:# "While Cranmer was…"
:# "Cranmer was not…"   
:# "The vice-regency brought…"
Etc., etc.  Bottom line, the references and work here are exceptional, but the long tracts without inline citation make impossible followup of the material by interested readers, and make scholarly verification (and so confidence in material) somewhat limited. Since, unlike Britannica, article authors here are unknown, our basis in trust comes from the solid nature of the sourcing.  Le Prof  Leprof 7272 (talk) 07:08, 26 June 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: The six (of 49!) paragraphs that are sourced to one footnote are not at all excessive. The six paragraphs mentioned above all go to a source with decent number of pages referenced but not so many that it's unreasonable nor difficult to verify. One paragraph distilling down six or eight pages of source material is not excessive. I mean, we could just put the same ref after each sentence and that would make it "look more referenced" but it would be useless work. Ealdgyth - Talk 18:50, 26 June 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with Ealdgyth -- the paragraphs in question are indeed sourced to the best scholarly sources available. It is false to say the "authors here are unknown" --MacCulloch, for example, is professor at Oxford and one of the best known scholars of the Reformation in the world. Jasper Ridley was a well-known biographer & his book on Cranmer received very good reviews.  Anyone who wants to check can easily get the books in a library. Rjensen (talk) 19:14, 26 June 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  In re Tag requesting further inline citations 

message: This article has been added to the Alumni of Magdalene College, Cambridge category. But, I can't find a reliable source that says he was a student at that college. Can anyone clarify this? Danrok (talk) 18:32, 21 March 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Magdalene College 

message: Doesn't it seem a bit ironic to describe uncritical protestant biographers of this reformation martyr as "hagiographic"? Isn't there a better word, that doesn't rely on a metaphorical use of a word that means "saint-adoring"? MrDemeanour (talk) 11:59, 20 October 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Legacy 

message: " It was a sign of a broken man, a sweeping confession of sin. " - the language here needs to be more formal/less dramatic. Thanks.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.111.22.46 (talk) 15:11, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  needs adjustment - not encyclopedic 

message: Obscure word, gerent being "one who rules or manages". Vice-regential comes from the cited Diarmaid MacCulloch book. I know I wanted it to be "vice-regental". - Donald Albury 17:35, 8 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vice-gerential