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Anne Askew

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English Protestant martyr

United KingdomWritersLived 1521 to 1546 · aged 25
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Anne Askew, married name Anne Kyme, was an English writer, poet, and Protestant preacher who was condemned as a heretic during the reign of Henry VIII of England. She and Margaret Cheyne are the only women on record known to have been both tortured in the Tower of London and burnt at the stake.

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Country
United Kingdom
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1521 to 1546 · aged 25
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16 languages

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