#anne askew

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"She said that one man confronted her, but he had said so little of significance that she could not recall his words."

[thedudleywomen]

ON THIS DAY - 06 October 1536

On This Day (06 Oct) 1536, the execution of English Reformist Scholar and Translator William Tyndale at Vilvoorde, near Brussels, is commemorated.

Tyndale began his English translations of the Bible from Hebrew and Greek c.1522, being influenced by Martin Luther's earlier translations in German. His work included the New Testament and the historical books of the Old Testament, which were subsequently published between 1525-1534. They were subsequently condemned and banned in England'; however, copies continued to make their way from Europe, where translated works were not illegal.

In 1543, English Parliament passed 'The Act for the Advancement of true Religion', which attempted to control and reduce the possession of these translations. Restrictions were placed on the reading of the Bible: only clergy were permitted to read aloud and in public  'authorised' copies, with possession and private readings only permitted by members of the clergy, nobility, gentry and upper classes. Reformist preacher Anne Askew defied this new Act, being in possession of Tyndale's translations and reading from the Bible in public.

In 1528, Tyndale published 'The Obedience of a Christian Man', which included the advocation for the right of the head of state to also be the head of the church. This work reportedly influenced Henry VIII with his 'break' from Rome, and the passing of the 'Act of Supremacy', placing himself at the head of the newly formed Church of England, in place of the Pope.

Despite this, Tyndale published further works which condemned the actions of the king regarding the dissolution of his marriage to Catherine of Aragon, arguing that it was against Scripture; it was this open defiance that led to Tyndale's arrest and subsequent conviction of 'Lutheran heresy', which included accusations of insurrection against Henry and England.

Tyndale had been arrested in 1535, and held at Vilvoorde (Filford) Castle for 18 months prior to his death. On the morning of his execution, he was escorted from the castle, into the town, where a pyre had been erected. Whilst tied to a stake, Tyndale was strangled to death (reflecting his status as a scholar), and his body then burnt - the fate of those convicted of heresy.

Tyndale was commemorated by John Foxe in his 1563 publication 'Actes and Monuments of these Latter and Perillous Days, Touching Matters of the Church', also known as 'Foxe's Book of Martyrs'. It was Foxe that first commemorated his death on 06 Oct, although it has been documented that it took place "in the early days of October". Foxe also alleged that Tyndale's last words were “Lord, open the king of England’s eyes".

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‘Tudor Feminists: Ten Renaissance Women Ahead of Their Time’ by Rebecca Wilson

Genre: Adult Non-Fiction – History Published: 2024 Format: Hardback Rating: ★★★ I enjoyed this book – it was good to learn more about some of the people I knew less about like Arbella Stuart, Grainne O’Malley, and Aemilia Lanier. I had only heard of Lanier in passing, knew she was a poet, and O’Malley I largely knew about through Greg Jenner’s excellent episode on her on his ‘You’re Dead to…

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ANNE ASKEW

ANNE ASKEW 1521 - 16 July 1546 English writer who was tortured and burned alive for being a Protestant Anne Askew was an English writer, poet and Protestant. She was the first female poet to compose in the English language. Askew was born in South Kelsey, Lincolnshire, England. Her father was a wealthy gentleman at the court of King Henry VIII of England, he was the juror during the trial of Anne Boleyn’s co-accused. Anne Askews older sister Martha was married to Thomas Kyme, a Catholic, when Martha died, her father had Anne, 15, marry him to save money. The couple had two children, Thomas kicked her out for being a outspoken Protestant, and she became the first Englishwoman to ask for a divorce. Her outspoken Protestant beliefs caused her arrested. Anne was imprisoned in the Tower of London. She was subjected to a cross examination by four men including John Dudley (Robert Dudley’s father). The men threatened to have her executed, if she refused to name Protestants. The men ordered her torture, she was taken from her cell to the lower room in the White Tower. They made her remove her clothing, except for her shift. She was placed her on the rack, her wrists and ankles were fastened. The rack slowly pulled on her limbs, which caused her to faint from the pain and had to be revived. She was racked once more, her shoulders were pulled from their sockets and her elbows and knees were also dislocated. She was racked till ‘the strings of her arms and eyes were perished’. Despite the suffering she continued to refuse to give names, and she was returned to her cell. On 16 July 1546, Askew, 25, was burnt alive for heresy with three men. She had to be carried to the stake in a chain wearing just a shirt. She was unable to walk and any kind of movement caused her serious pain. She was fastened upright to the stake by a chain around her waist. Protestant martyrologist John Foxe hailed Askew as ‘a singular example of Christian constancy for all men to follow’. Anne defied her gender by portraying herself as an ‘armed knight’ fighting the papist foe with faith as her shield.

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Lady Katherine Willoughby, wife of Charles Brandon, was closely knit into the Parr-Askew reform circle.

"Normal Women: 900 Years of Making History" - Philippa Gregory

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Poem of the Day 9 September 2024

The Ballad which Anne Askew made and sang when she was in Newgate

BY Askew, Anne (1521 - 1546)

Like as the armed knight

Appointed to the field,

With this world will I fight

And Faith shall be my shield.

Faith is that weapon strong

Which will not fail at need.

My foes, therefore, among

Therewith will I proceed.

As it is had in strength

And force of Christes way

It will prevail at length

Though all the devils say nay.

Faith in the fathers old

Obtained rightwisness

Which make me very bold

To fear no world's distress.

I now rejoice in heart

And Hope bid me do so

For Christ will take my part

And ease me of my woe.

Thou saist, lord, who so knock,

To them wilt thou attend.

Undo, therefore, the lock

And thy strong power send.

More enmyes now I have

Than hairs upon my head.

Let them not me deprave

But fight thou in my stead.

On thee my care I cast.

For all their cruel spight

I set not by their haste

For thou art my delight.

I am not she that list

My anchor to let fall

For every drizzling mist

My ship substancial.

Not oft use I to wright

In prose nor yet in rime,

Yet will I shew one sight

That I saw in my time.

I saw a rial throne

Where Justice should have sit

But in her stead was one

Of moody cruel wit.

Absorpt was rightwisness

As of the raging flood

Sathan in his excess

Suct up the guiltless blood.

Then thought I, Jesus lord,

When thou shalt judge us all

Hard is it to record

On these men what will fall.

Yet lord, I thee desire

For that they do to me

Let them not taste the hire

Of their iniquity.

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God rest her soul.

BIOGRAPHIE D'ANNE ASKEW

Anne Askew (née Anne Ayscough ou Ascue - Anne Kyme par son mariage) est née en 1520 ou 1521 et morte le 16 juillet 1546. Cette poétesse anglaise protestante fut condamnée pour hérésie. Elle est la seule femme dont on ait trace qui ait été à la fois torturée dans la Tour de Londres et brûlée vive sur le bûcher.

Anne Askew était la fille de Sir William Askew, de South Kelsey, (Lincolnshire), qui avait participé au procès d'Anne Boleyn. Mariée malgré elle par son père à 16 ans à un gentilhomme catholique, elle donna deux enfants à celui-ci. On dit qu'elle était une suivante de la reine Catherine Parr, la dernière épouse d'Henry VIII avec qui elle aurait correspondu.

Anne Askew, de tendance réformée, niait la doctrine de la transsubstantiation, la transformation lors de la communion du pain en chair du Christ et du vin en son sang. Son mari la dénonça comme hérétique. Elle fut alors jetée en prison. Depuis le bill d'Henry VIII, tous ceux qui niaient la doctrine de la transsubstantiation étaient convaincus d'hérésie. Anne fut interrogée par des inquisiteurs dont Christophe Dare, le lord-maire de Londres et le chancelier de l'évêque, et elle refusa de répondre à la question de la transsubstantiation. Lui furent également reprochés ses propos et ses écrits selon lesquels Dieu ne serait pas dans les temples et la Bible vaudrait mieux que la messe. Elle fut cependant libérée grâce à des amis, peut-être indirectement la reine elle-même ou Anne Stanhope.

Mais elle fut à nouveau arrêtée et transférée à Newgate où on lui ordonna de se rétracter sous peine d'être brûlée vive ; aux termes d'interrogatoires qui l'avaient poussée à bout, elle affirma que ce que l'on disait être le corps du Christ n'était qu'un morceau de pain. Et elle refusa de se confesser à un prêtre. Seul Dieu, affirma-t-elle, l'écouterait et lui pardonnerait.

Elle fut alors envoyée à la Tour de Londres et mise à la torture (elle fut la première femme ainsi torturée pour sa Foi) afin qu'elle dénonce ses soutiens, la reine peut-être, le comte et la comtesse d'Hertford. Sur le chevalet, bien que toutes ses articulations aient été disloquées, elle ne dénonça personne mais s'évanouit. Elle fut condamnée à être brûlée vive.

Elle mourut le 16 juillet 1546 à 25 ans. Ne pouvant marcher tant la douleur était forte au moindre mouvement, elle fut conduite au bûcher dans une chaise à porteurs et il fallut l'enchaîner au poteau par les bras.

[rahabs]

The Tudors ran so Wulf Hall could shuffle awkwardly around reiterating the same tired old Tudor stereotypes while claiming to be something new.

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I really want to watch firebrand but everything I'm seeing/hearing about it is making me think it'll remind me uncomfortably of growing up with my dad

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Hi Neil! I don't know if it was asked before, but was Anne Askew an inspiration for Agnes Nutter? I see similarities between them, like they both wrote successful books, were burned at the stake and there was gunpowder involved. I listened to a podcast about Anne Askew, and her story reminded me of Agnes so I was wondering if it was a coincidence or not.

No, Agnes's story and name were inspired by Alice Nutter, one of the Pendle witches.

[thedudleywomen]

National Poetry Day 2024 (03 Oct 2024)

On National Poetry Day, I wanted to highlight the 'Hecatodistichon': a poem written in Latin, reportedly composed by the young daughters of Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset - Anne, Margaret and Jane.

This poem, the first published by collective Englishwomen (in any language) prior to 1560s, was dedicated to the recently deceased writer, poet and literary patron Marguerite d'Angoulême, Queen of Navarre, whose work the young girls were taught by their French Humanist tutor, Nicolas Denisot.

I also need to acknowledge Anne Askew, Reformist preacher, poet, writer and eventual martyr, who openly and repeatedly defied religious policies of the time, including reading the Bible aloud.

Whilst imprisoned at Newgate Prison in 1545, Anne composed her 'Ballad'; she was one of the first women to have original work published in English. She continued to write poetry, in which she reflected on her 'mission' to spread the Protestant word, which would eventually lead to her death.

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Book Review - ‘Heroines of the Tudor World’ by Sharon Bennett Connolly

Thanks to Amberley Publishing for giving me a copy of this book in exchange for a review. I loved this book! It doesn’t just cover the people you’d expect like the six wives and the queens, but other women who were executed, who wrote, who were mistresses, and pawns, and warriors. There are also women covered from outside England, from Scotland, Ireland, France, and Spain. These international…

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Hi, I’m so glad that you’re back, I absolutely love your work!

Can I make a request where the HL students and MC are talking or doing something and suddenly MC kiss them on the cheek.

I hope I make myself understand, english isn’t my first language 🥺

In advance than so much and welcome back! ✨

A/N: not to worry, your english is fantastic! I know plenty of native speakers that don't write that well LOL!

HLC REACT TO MC KISSING THEIR CHEEK

MC: as an agent of chaos, they must kiss their best friends for no reason. They'll lull their friends into a false sense of security with pleasant conversation and then strike!

SEBASTIAN SALLOW: "See, I don't understand how they-!!" He flinches but MC still got him. He puts his hand over where they kissed him and smiles, confused. His cheeks tinge pink. "Wha- *ahem* what was that for?"

OMINIS GAUNT: He jerks his head away. He didn't have his wand active during the conversation so he was caught completely off guard. "What in blazes!? Did you...did you just kiss me??" It doesn't matter what their answer is, grumpily huffs at them while his face slowly goes pink.

ANNE SALLOW: "Oh my..." Her face flushes and she avoids eye contact. "How scandalous." She covers her mouth to hide her smile.

IMELDA REYES: "Woah!" She dodges MC. "What the hell are you doing!?" She wrestles with MC as they continue to attempt to kiss her cheek. They win eventually, but at a cost.

NATSAI ONAI: She catches them coming in and turns her head towards them to catch their lips with her own. She's the one to make MC blush. "Care to try that again?" She giggles.

GARRETH WEASLEY: "Thank you, but I asked if you'd pass me the leech juice." He doesn't skip a beat and continues their conversation as they brew. He kisses their cheek in return when they hand it to him.

LEANDER PREWETT: He blushes so hard he looks sunburnt. He's completely forgotten what they were talking about and stares wide eyed. "Did you mean to do that..? Why did- um...was that a one time thing or..?"

AMIT THAKKAR: *Amit.exe has stopped working* He's unresponsive.

EVERETT CLOPTON: His glasses are pushed askew when MC kisses him. He readjusts them with a shaky hand. "Wow, that was... unexpected." He has the goofiest grin on his face the rest of the day.

POPPY SWEETING: She lets out a surprised squeak and turns a brighter shade of red from embarrassment. She hides her face behind her hands and swats away at MC. "Stop laughing!"

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Even in addition to her youthful appearance which belies “years beyond count,” Melisandre possesses many traits commonly seen in vampires (especially female ones), which is probably unsurprising given her interest in people’s blood. Just for fun I decided to compile some examples:

1. Red eyes

Even her eyes were red ... (ACOK prologue)

His red eyes again! (Bram Stoker, Dracula)

…red eyes, which to a lesser extent has become a standard (though by no means unanimous) aspect of the vampire’s appearance, especially in motion pictures. (J. Gordon Melton, The Vampire Book)

2. Copper/lustrous red hair

Her hair was not the orange or strawberry color of common red-haired men, but a deep burnished copper that shone in the light of the torches. (ACOK prologue)

…brushing and re-brushing her copious copper-coloured hair…. (Robert Louis Stevenson, “Olalla”)

…her wonderful red hair, hair such as one hardly ever sees outside of Italy—not the Celtic red—and it was so long that it reached to her feet, and it had an extraordinary gloss upon it so that it seemed almost to have individual life of its own. (Alice and Claude Askew, “Aylmer Vance and the Vampire”)

…her long hair, which shone red-gold in the dim light from above…. (Anne Crawford, “A Mystery of the Campagna”)

3. Supernatural and “terrible” beauty, sometimes accompanied by pallor, slenderness, grace, height and the impression of royalty despite the absence of a crown

…her skin was smooth and white, unblemished, pale as cream. Slender she was, graceful, taller than most knights, with full breasts and narrow waist and a heart-shaped face. Men’s eyes that once found her did not quickly look away, not even a maester’s eyes. Many called her beautiful. She was not beautiful. She was red, and terrible, and red. (ACOK prologue)

Lady Melisandre wore no crown, but every man there knew that she was Stannis Baratheon’s real queen, not the homely woman he had left to shiver at Eastwatch-by-the-Sea. (ADWD, Jon III)

Her figure was very slim and strong, and of a just proportion; red tresses lay like a crown over her brow; her eyes, of a very golden brown, held mine with a look; and her face, which was perfectly shaped, was yet marred by a cruel, sullen, and sensual expression….The first light of the morning shone full upon the portrait, and, as I lay awake, my eyes continued to dwell upon it with growing complacency; its beauty crept about my heart insidiously, silencing my scruples one after another….Day after day the double knowledge of her wickedness and of my weakness grew clearer.…it was often a glad thought to me that my enchantress was safe in the grave, her wand of beauty broken, her lips closed in silence, her philtre spilt. And yet I had a half-lingering terror that she might not be dead after all, but re-arisen in the body of some descendant. (“Olalla”)

Oh, how beautiful she was! The greatest painters, who followed ideal beauty into heaven itself, and thence brought back to earth the true portrait of the Madonna, never in their delineations even approached that wildly beautiful reality which I saw before me.…She was rather tall, with a form and bearing of a goddess. Her hair, of a soft blonde hue, was parted in the midst and flowed back over her temples in two rivers of rippling gold; she seemed a diademed queen….What eyes! With a single flash they could have decided a man’s destiny. They had a life, a limpidity, an ardour, a humid light which I have never seen in human eyes; they shot forth rays like arrows, which I could distinctly see enter my heart. I know not if the fire which illumined them came from heaven or from hell, but assuredly it came from one or the other. (Théophile Gautier, “La Morte Amoreuse,” trans. Lafcadio Hearn)

…a tall, supremely graceful woman with red-lighted black hair in a bun at her nape, a woman of impressive figure and assurance. (Manly Wade Wellman, “Chastel”)

She was above the middle height of women. I shall begin by describing her. She was slender, and wonderfully graceful. (Sheridan Le Fanu, Carmilla)

A violent shudder thrilled through him; before him lay a form of such beauty as is seldom seen upon earth. It seemed to him that never in a single face had so much intensity of expression and harmony of feature been united. Her brow, soft as snow and pure as silver, seemed to be thinking; the fine, regular eyebrows shadowed proudly the closed eyes, whose lashes gently rested on her cheeks, which seemed to glow with secret longing; her lips still appeared to smile. But at the same time he saw something in these features which appalled him; a terrible depression seized his heart, as when in the midst of dance and song someone begins to chant a dirge. He felt as though those ruby lips were coloured with his own heart’s blood…What terrible and extraordinary beauty! (Nikolai Gogol, “The Viy,” trans. Claud Field)

4. Deep and musical voice

…her deep voice flavored with the music of the Jade Sea. (ACOK prologue)

…the voice, though deeper than usual with women, was still both youthful and womanly. She spoke in a rich chord; golden contralto strains mingled with hoarseness.… (“Olalla”)

Her murmured words sounded like a lullaby in my ear…one clear voice, of a female’s, very deep…. (Carmilla)

5. Mastery over wolves

“He will not harm me. You call him Ghost, yes?” “Yes, but …” “Ghost.” Melisandre made the word a song. The direwolf padded toward her. Wary, he stalked about her in a circle, sniffing. When she held out her hand he smelled that too, then shoved his nose against her fingers. Jon let out a white breath. “He is not always so …” “… warm? Warmth calls to warmth, Jon Snow.” Her eyes were two red stars, shining in the dark. At her throat, her ruby gleamed, a third eye glowing brighter than the others. Jon had seen Ghost's eyes blazing red the same way, when they caught the light just right. “Ghost,” he called. “To me.” The direwolf looked at him as if he were a stranger. (ADWD, Jon VI)

…I came upon the Princess in the house where the Siberian wolves are kept. She had climbed inside the barrier and was stroking the animals through the bars of the cage. I was amazed to see the ferocious beasts behaving like huge dogs—groveling at her touch and licking her hands. “Be careful,” I exclaimed as I approached. “Surely it is hardly safe to tempt them with such dainty morsels.” “They will not hurt me,” she replied. “I am used to wolves and know when they are dangerous.” (Frederick Cowles, “Princess of Darkness”)

I heard his voice raised in a tone of imperious command, and looking towards the sound, saw him stand in the roadway. As he swept his long arms, as though brushing aside some impalpable obstacle, the wolves fell back and back further still. (Dracula)

If the party were astonished at his sudden appearance, they were still more so at what followed. As soon as the stranger appeared the wolves gave over their pursuit, tumbled over each other, and set up a fearful howl. The stranger now raised his hand, appeared to wave it, and the wild animals crawled back into the thickets like a pack of beaten hounds. (Anonymous, “The Mysterious Stranger”)

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45th Annual New Year's Day Marathon Reading, The Poetry Project at St. Marks Church, New York, NY, January 1, 2019 [Granary Books, New York, NY]

Performers: Andrea Abi-Karam, Ammiel Alcalay, Ashna Ali, Justin Allen, Julie Alsop, Jonathan Aprea, Penny Arcade, Ed Askew Band, Daisy Atterbury, James Barickman, J. Mae Barizo, Peter BD, Jim Behrle, Anselm Berrigan, Edmund Berrigan, Fabrienne Bottero, Michael Broder, Lee Ann Brown & Janice Lowe, Marie Buck, Phong Bui, Steve Cannon, Wo Chan, Yoshiko Chuma with Dane Terry, Lauren Clark, Todd Colby, John Coletti, CA Conrad, Lydia Cortes, Brenda Coultas, Alex Cuff, Matty D'Angelo, Kyle Dacuyan, Jordan Davis, Ted Dodson, r erica doyle, Ry Dunn, Anaïs Duplan, Marcella Durand, Steve Earle, Mel Elberg, Betsy Fagin, Will Farris, Farnoosh Fathi, Avram Fefer, Camonghne Felix, Jack Ferver, Jennifer Firestone, Jen Fisher, Jameson Fitzpatrick, Dorothy Friedman August, Kay Gabriel, John Godfrey, Suzanne Goldenberg, Adjua Gargi Nzinga Greaves, Phoebe Greer & Arthur Cañedo, Diana Hamilton, Odetta Hartman, David Henderson, Barbara Henning, Laura Henriksen, Erika Hodges, Bob Holman, Erica Hunt, Cori Hutchinson, Omotara James, Rachel James, Paolo Javier, Cyree Jarelle Johnson, Pierre Joris & Nicole Peyrafitte, Millie Kapp & Matt Shalzi, Vincent Katz, erica kaufman, Amy King, Anna Kreienberg, M Lamar, Yaz Lancaster, Sue Landers, Denizé Lauture, Paul Legault, Rachel Levitsky, Matt Longabucco, Brendan Lorber, Jimena Lucero, Filip Marinovich, Erin Markey, Douglas A. Martin, Eline Marx with Devin Brahja Waldman as teknikal issues, Greg Masters, Andriniki Mattis, Jillian McManemin, Yvonne Meier, Carley Moore, Tracie Morris, Dave Morse, Stephen Motika, Gala Mukomolova, Sahar Muradi, Uche Nduka, Peter Neeley, Precious Okoyomon, Edgar Oliver, Laura Ortman, Nicky Paraiso, Trace Peterson, Matt Proctor & Sarah Safaie, Lorelei Ramirez, El Roy Red, Batya Rosenblum, Bob Rosenthal, Douglas Rothschild, Judah Rubin, John Rufo, George Emilio Sanchez, Tina Satter, Tom Savage, Simon Schuchat, Purvi Shah, Frank Sherlock, Jayson Smith, Sean D. Henry Smith, Pamela Sneed, Patricia Spears Jones, Tammy Faye Starlite, Max Steele, Jim Stewart, Sara Jane Stoner, Bridget Talone, Susie Timmons, Edwin Torres, Tony Towle, Cat Tyc, Aldrin Valdez, Cecilia Vicuna, Anna Vitale, Morgan Vo, Asiya Wadud, Anne Waldman with Fast Speaking Music, Nicole Wallace, Lewis Warsh, Jacqueline Waters, Rachael Wilson, Chavisa Woods, Matvei Yankelevich, John Yau, The Double Yews , Don Yorty, Spoke and Feather, Sparrow / Foamola, The Blow, and St. Mark's Choir

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