A splendid appraisal of one of England's greatest, and most enigmatic, churchmen. Underpinned by significant new research, Susan Wabuda's life of Cranmer is also an illuminating guide to the tumultuous times through which he lived, and which he substantially helped to shape. Peter Marshall, University of Warwick, UK Susan Wabuda is ... Read moreto be commended for this fresh study of the life and thought of Thomas Cranmer. The purpose of the book is twofold: to provide a concise and accessible biography of Cranmer and to make additional contributions to our knowledge of the great reformer. It succeeds on both counts. Wabuda's Thomas Cranmer is to be applauded for its admirable new research, helpful guides, and careful coverage of the life and theology of Cranmer. The helpful arrangement of endnotes for each chapter, concise suggestions for further reading, and efficient index make this a most accessible book for both scholars and the more general reader. It is an excellent introduction to the first Protestant Archbishop of Canterbury and ought to be wisely used and widely welcomed. Mark Earngey, British Catholic History Wabuda's engaging narrative is a welcome addition to the scholarship on Cranmer. It brings to life his ecclesiastical career as well as those contexts required to make sense of it. In ten concise and beautifully written chapters, Wabuda presents Cranmer's life and his legacies. It is a work suited for both beginners and those long schooled in the intricacies of the English Reformation. It supplies an accessible and cutting-edge account of Cranmer's life and principal writings. Jonathan Reimer, Society for Renaissance Studies Show Less