By Richard Rex
This ebook investigates the highbrow occupation of Bishop John Fisher (1469-1535), the early 16th century bishop of Rochester and sufferer of Henry VIII's Reformation, whose a number of writings incorporated the most influential refutations of that century of Martin Luther.
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