Saturday, January 21, 2017

Cranmer -- a Reformation beard



Portrait of Cranmer painted by an unknown artist after Henry VIII's death.] It was said that his beard signified his mourning of the king and his rejection of the old Church. When the king lived, with his Catholic sympathies, it appears that Cranmer followed the old Roman style.





















































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