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| Picture No | 10039028 |
| Date | Circa 1550 |
| Description | John Bale |
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John Bale (1495-1563), Bishop of Ossory, scholar and writer. English prelate (divine) and author of controversial works about the Protestant cause. Author of Kynge Johan, considered to be the first historical English play. Bale converted to Protestantism from Catholicism, he took a wife and eventually had to flee to Germany.
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| Source | unnamed artist |
| Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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