RT Article
T1 Thomas Cranmer’s Recantations and the Marian Press
JF Reformation
VO 26
IS 1
SP 42
OP 61
A1 Forsyth, Katherine
LA English
PB Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group
YR 2021
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1757607242
AB This article offers an analysis of the printing of Thomas Cranmer’s recantations of Protestantism and, more broadly, of the Marian regime’s use of the printing press. In 1556 a translated version of Cranmer’s fifth recantation was quickly suppressed by the Marian Privy Council and was followed, shortly after, by a more comprehensive edition of Cranmer’s recantations produced by the Queen’s Printer, John Cawood. This article argues for a hitherto unrecognized interrelationship between these editions. In viewing these texts together, the article shows that not only was the Marian regime willing to both promote and censor the printed word, but that it did so in order to control its narrative of Cranmer’s final days and to discredit his reputation.
K1 Propaganda
K1 Martyrdom
K1 Marian book trade
K1 Printing
K1 Mary I
K1 Thomas Cranmer
DO 10.1080/13574175.2021.1898235