Bishop John Bale

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English Reformation figure Protestant polemicist bishop human playwright

Bishop John Bale was a 16th-century English churchman, playwright, and Protestant polemicist known for his fiercely anti-Catholic writings and early contributions to English drama and literary history.

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Bishop John Bale canonical 1
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Predicate Object
instanceOf English Reformation figure ⓘ
Protestant polemicist ⓘ
bishop ⓘ
human ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
appointedAsBishop by King Edward VI of England ⓘ
burialPlace Canterbury Cathedral NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England ⓘ
countryOfService Kingdom of Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1495 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1563 ⓘ
diocese Diocese of Ossory NERFINISHED ⓘ
educatedAt Carmelite house at Norwich NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cambridge University ⓘ
surface form: University of Cambridge
fieldOfWork bibliography ⓘ
hagiography ⓘ
religious controversy ⓘ
genre morality play ⓘ
polemical writing ⓘ
religious drama ⓘ
influenced English Protestant polemical tradition ⓘ
development of English historical drama ⓘ
influencedBy Martin Luther NERFINISHED ⓘ
continental Protestant reformers ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf Carmelite Order NERFINISHED ⓘ
movement English Reformation NERFINISHED ⓘ
name John Bale NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor early contributions to English drama ⓘ
early contributions to English literary history ⓘ
fiercely anti-Catholic writings ⓘ
notableWork Illustrium Maioris Britanniae Scriptorum Summarium NERFINISHED ⓘ
King Johan NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Image of Both Churches NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation churchman ⓘ
historian of literature ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
polemicist ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
opposedTo Roman Catholic Church NERFINISHED ⓘ
monasticism ⓘ
placeOfBirth Suffolk NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath Canterbury NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalAlignment Protestant reformer ⓘ
positionHeld Bishop of Ossory NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Protestant Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Protestantism
sexOrGender male ⓘ
workLocation Kilkenny NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Kilkenny College → foundedBy → Bishop John Bale ⓘ
Council of Regency for Edward VI → hasMember → Bishop John Bale ⓘ
this entity surface form: John Bale