Curated playlist
Converts to Anglicanism from Roman Catholicism
- Anne BoleynAnne Boleyn laughed on the scaffold, joking that she had a little neck.
- Henry VIIIHenry VIII broke England from Rome after the pope would not annul his first marriage.
- Catherine ParrCatherine Parr avoided arrest by telling Henry VIII she argued religion to distract him from his leg pain.
- Catherine HowardCatherine Howard was queen of England for barely sixteen months. Henry VIII's fifth wife was beheaded in 1542.
- Ben JonsonBen Jonson killed a man in a duel and escaped hanging by reciting a Bible verse.
- Thomas CranmerThomas Cranmer thrust his right hand into the flames first. He said it was punishment for signing his recantations.
- Margaret MitchellMargaret Mitchell used part of her unfinished novel to prop up a wobbly couch.
- Thomas CromwellHenry VIII beheaded Thomas Cromwell, then called him his most faithful servant.
- Matthew ParkerArchbishop Matthew Parker was told to enforce church conformity, but Queen Elizabeth refused to back him publicly.
- James F. ByrnesJames F. Byrnes left school at 14 and later sat on the U.S. Supreme Court. He never earned a law degree.