This week we look at Anne Askew, the writer, poet and preacher. In her short 25 years, she resisted arrest and repeatedly frustrated the men in charge with her brave and stubborn behaviour. We look at some of her writing, including a short and very exclusive rendition of the ballad that she wrote before her trial.

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Lara, Phoebe and Katie

Sources used:

Crowther, D. (2019). Anne Askew, Martyr and Author [online]. The History of England. Available from: https://thehistoryofengland.co.uk/resource/anne-askew-martyr-and-author/ [Accessed: 23 May 2022)

Kemp, Theresa D. Translating (Anne) Askew: The Textual Remains of a Sixteenth-Century Hereticand Saint. [Online]. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018. Available from: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/renaissance-quarterly/article/abs/translating-anne-askew-the-textual-remains-of-a-sixteenthcentury-heretic-and-saint/8D8F960EAB2E3FFDC862E2AB527CED38#article [Date Accessed: 23 May 2022]

Lambert, T. (14 March 2021). A Brief Biography of Anne Askew [online]. Local Histories. Available from: https://localhistories.org/a-brief-biography-of-anne-askew/ [Accessed: 23 May 2022]

The Anne Boleyn Files and Tudor Society. May 24th -The Life of Anne Askew. [online]. (2020). Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLz74XUV0uY [date accessed: 23 May 2022]

The Anne Boleyn Files and Tudor Society. July 17th - Anne Askew’s Courageous End. [online] (2019). Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29QImEPHhbE [Date Accessed: 23 May 2022]

The Examinations of Anne Askew. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996.

The Tudorials. (2017). 16th July, 1546: The Horrific Death of Anne Askew [online]. The Tudorials. Available from: https://thetudorials.com/2017/07/16/16th-july-1546-the-horrific-death-of-anne-askew/ [Accessed: 23 May 2022]