Final Interview: Ellen Ekstrom, author of The Legacy

Zwingli, Calvin and Knox were leading reformers and taking the Reformist movement in different directions than Luther and the English reformers led by Cramner, Ridley and Latimer.

The Anglican Church really didn't get established until 1549 and the publication of the Book of Common Prayer by Thomas Cramner and Edward VI. The church was still very catholic in liturgy while Henry VIII was alive. He did not like the Reformers even after the split with Rome.

Personally, I think Anne Boleyn would have been more Lutheran than Anglican in her theology. I'd have to see her theological writings, if any, to make an educated guess as to whether she should gain some credit for the establishment of the Anglican Church. She certainly is a controversial and interesting woman, both shrewd politician and victim.

Yes - I agree with you about Henry VIII. I tend to try to defend people. Sometimes I wonder about his two serious jousting accidents and whether these accidents impacted upon him in ways to make him a tyrant King - but then you see the pattern for tragedy began even from the first days of his reign. Time just released the blood hungry lion from its cage.

Thank you, Ellen, for giving me this opportunity to talk to you! I really enjoyed your answers to my questions and know my readers at Tudor England will too!!!

Thank you for allowing me the opportunity, Wendy. While my forte is the late medieval period, I enjoy reading about the Tudors, though truth be told, I've been a Ricardian for ages.

And, in a shameless plug for The Legacy, I think Francesco Romena is the kind of hero people are wanting now - flawed, but with honor, integrity, a man with compassion and who is willing to give all for what he believes in.

All the best and then some!

And to find out more about Ellen, visit her at her homepage!

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