The 1912 caption reads: “Three Martyrs of Reformation. Top: Sir Thomas More who succeeded Cardinal Wolsey as Lord Chancellor of England, was one of the noble army of martyrs during the Reformation Period. He could not recognize Henry VIII as head of the English Church, and for this he was sent to the scaffold. In this picture we see him consoling his daughter after his condemnation Bottom Left: Archbishop Cranmer, who had signed a statement that his Protestant faith was in error, afterward repented and went to death boldly, as shown here. The hand that signed the document he held out out to b
The 1912 caption reads: “Three Martyrs of Reformation. Top: Sir Thomas More who succeeded Cardinal Wolsey as Lord Chancellor of England, was one of the noble army of martyrs during the Reformation Period. He could not recognize Henry VIII as head of the English Church, and for this he was sent to the scaffold. In this picture we see him consoling his daughter after his condemnation Bottom Left: Archbishop Cranmer, who had signed a statement that his Protestant faith was in error, afterward repented and went to death boldly, as shown here. The hand that signed the document he held out out to be burnt first. Bottom Right: Bishop Ridley, who is shown here going to the stake, was one of the most learned Protestant martyrs. As bishop he had been very tolerant, but he was condemned and burnt with Latimer at Oxford.”
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