Table of Contents

Preface; List of abbreviations; 1. Bishop John Fishers 1469–1535: the man and his work Brendan Bradshaw; 2. John Fisher and the promotion of learning Malcolm Underwood; 3. The University Chancellor Christopher N. L. Brooke; 4. The bishop in his diocese Stephen Thompson; 5. Fisher and Erasmus H. C. Porter; 6. Fisher and More: a note Germian Marc'Hadour; 7. The polemical theologian Richard Rex; 8. Fisher's view of the Church Brian Gogan; 9. Fisher, Henry VIII and the Reformation crisis J. J. Scarisbrick; 10. Royal ecclesiastical supremacy Henry Chadwick; 11. The spirituality of John Fisher Eamon Duffy; Appendices; Index.

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This book assembles ten special studies, each devoted to an aspect of Fisher's multifaceted career.