The Real "Wolf Hall" - Patrick Hornbeck
Aug 9, 2015 |
THE REAL WOLF HALL: Seen “Wolf Hall” on Broadway and/or the recent PBS series? Read Hilary Mantel’s novels? The story of life and times of Thomas Cromwell in Tudor England has garnered much attention . . . but is it true? St. Bartian and Fordham church historian Patrick Hornbeck asks what all this recent material can teach us about the English Reformation—and what questions it leaves unanswered. Hot tip: Watch for Patrick’s new class at St. Bart’s this Fall on “The Birth of the Anglican Way”—a fascinating and surprising exploration of the Church of England’s first 100 years