Anne Askew is burnt at Smithfield for denying transubstantiation

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Litencyc Editors (Independent Scholar - Europe)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.03: English Writing and Culture: Renaissance (Elizabethan and Jacobean periods) , 1485-1625.
Vol. editors: William M. Hamlin (Washington State University), J A Roe (University of York), Virginia Mason Vaughan (Clark University), Ema Vyroubalova (Trinity College Dublin)

Domains

Religious and political repression

Dates

Date of occurrence 1546-07-16

Places

England (Location)

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Protestant believer and preacher Anne Askew is burnt at Smithfield for denying the doctrine of transubstantiation. She was brutally treated on the rack before her execution, the only woman on record in England as having been tortured before being burnt at the stake.

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Citation: Editors, Litencyc. "Anne Askew is burnt at Smithfield for denying transubstantiation". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 November 2010 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=14737, accessed 19 April 2024.]

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