John Bale was a sixteenth-century English bishop whose outspoken criticism of Catholicism and opposition to royal authority earned him both praise and persecution. In this collection of his works, edited by Henry Christmas, readers will find some of Bale's most influential writings, including his Examinations of Lord Cobham, William Thorpe, and Anne Askew, and his influential treatise on the history of the Church.

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