Anne Askew is burnt at Smithfield for denying transubstantiation

Historical Context Note

Litencyc Editors (Independent Scholar - Europe)
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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://staging.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=14737, accessed 23 November 2024.]

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