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Defender of the Faith

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Oct 28, 2026

Elaine WebbNARRATOR
4:03
It was the church both of the state and of the people, and there was not a whisper of dissent, for non-conformity was punishable with a cruel death.
Elaine WebbNARRATOR
4:14
The young king was a verbid devotee and an amateur theologian, and his book against Luther gained for him from the Pope in 1521. the proud title of Defender of the Faith.
Elaine WebbNARRATOR
4:29
A very few years suffice to work revolutionary changes, but it may be worthwhile to endeavour to form an idea of what was really the local situation at the date that has just been named.
Elaine WebbNARRATOR
4:43
The town, for it had not become a city, was extremely limited in area, and does not appear to have much increased in population during the previous two hundred years.
Aatif RashidHOST
55:12
So let's read this commission.
Aatif RashidHOST
55:17
Victoria, by the grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith, Empress of India, etc., to our trusty and well-beloved Giles Delahaye Jenkins, gentlemen, greeting.
Aatif RashidHOST
55:36
We, reposing a special trust and confidence in your loyalty, courage, and good conduct, do by these presence constitute and appoint you to be an officer in our land forces.
Aatif RashidHOST
55:49
And so I think the point Powell is making is that there is a deep irony to this language, because on the one hand, Giles, as Nick is about to reflect on, was not exactly a very trustworthy or good person.
Lynette CalkinsNARRATOR
26:44
My own expression may be slang, but it is infinitely preferable, I think.
Lynette CalkinsNARRATOR
26:50
Would you have me say, when talking of the sovereign, the Queen of England, Scotland, Ireland, Empress of India, Defender of the Faith? If not, why not the national for the national gallery? My life is not long enough to give everything its full title.
Lynette CalkinsNARRATOR
27:07
With her father, Gertrude discussed politics.
Lynette CalkinsNARRATOR
27:11
She was and remained always a liberal and a Gladstonian.
Harry SpillaneGUEST
13:24
He regards Martin Luther as a sort of arch-heretic, a figure who is dividing Europe and causing huge amounts of social, religious, political upheaval.
Harry SpillaneGUEST
13:35
And indeed, Henry VIII writes a book against Luther, a book which earns him the title Defender of the Faith from the Pope.
Harry SpillaneGUEST
13:44
So the fact that Tyndale is taking inspiration from Luther already means that they're on opposing side.
Harry SpillaneGUEST
13:51
And the problem gets worse, really, because as Henry VIII throughout the late 1520s wants to have an annulment from Catherine of Aragon, I'm sure many are familiar with that story of of the way in which the break from Rome happened.
Harry SpillaneGUEST
15:36
He regards Martin Luther as a sort of arch-heretic, a figure who is dividing Europe and causing huge amounts of social, religious, political upheaval.
Harry SpillaneGUEST
15:48
And indeed, Henry VIII writes a book against Luther, a book which earns him the title Defender of the Faith from the Pope.
Harry SpillaneGUEST
15:56
So the fact that Tyndale is taking inspiration from Luther already means that they're on opposing side.
Harry SpillaneGUEST
16:04
And the problem gets worse, really, because as Henry VIII throughout the late 1520s wants to have an annulment from Catherine of Aragon, I'm sure many are familiar with that story of of the way in which the break from Rome happened.
Harry SpillaneGUEST
15:49
He regards Martin Luther as a sort of arch-heretic, a figure who is dividing Europe and causing huge amounts of social, religious, political upheaval.
Harry SpillaneGUEST
16:00
And indeed, Henry VIII writes a book against Luther, a book which earns him the title Defender of the Faith from the Pope.
Harry SpillaneGUEST
16:08
So the fact that Tyndale is taking inspiration from Luther already means that they're on opposing side.
Harry SpillaneGUEST
16:16
And the problem gets worse, really, because as Henry VIII throughout the late 1520s wants to have an annulment from Catherine of Aragon, I'm sure many are familiar with that story of of the way in which the break from Rome happened.
Sabella DentonNARRATOR
30:49
The prevention or postponement of the Congress at four must have exercised a decided influence on the expedition of James V., His great armada, having put to sea, after coasting among the out-islands, and putting into a northern English port from stress of weather, returned home without achievement of any kind.
Sabella DentonNARRATOR
31:06
Diplomatic intercourse was shortly renewed between him and Henry, but in the following year, to the extreme displeasure of his royal kinsman, he assumed the much-prized title of Defender of the Faith.
Sabella DentonNARRATOR
31:18
Another rupture took place, when the Irish card was played over again with the customary effect.
Sabella DentonNARRATOR
31:24
In a letter of July, 1541, introducing to the Irish chiefs the Jesuit fathers, Salmeron, Browett, and Capata, who passed through Scotland on their way to Ireland, James styles himself Lord of Ireland, another insult and defiance to Henry, whose newly acquired kingly style was then but a few weeks old.
Harry SpillaneGUEST
14:24
He regards Martin Luther as a sort of arch-heretic, a figure who is dividing Europe and causing huge amounts of social, religious, political upheaval.
Harry SpillaneGUEST
14:35
And indeed, Henry VIII writes a book against Luther, a book which earns him the title Defender of the Faith from the Pope.
Harry SpillaneGUEST
14:44
So the fact that Tyndale is taking inspiration from Luther already means that they're on opposing side.
Harry SpillaneGUEST
14:51
And the problem gets worse, really, because as Henry VIII throughout the late 1520s wants to have an annulment from Catherine of Aragon, I'm sure many are familiar with that story of of the way in which the break from Rome happened.
Harry SpillaneGUEST
13:24
He regards Martin Luther as a sort of arch-heretic, a figure who is dividing Europe and causing huge amounts of social, religious, political upheaval.
Harry SpillaneGUEST
13:35
And indeed, Henry VIII writes a book against Luther, a book which earns him the title Defender of the Faith from the Pope.
Harry SpillaneGUEST
13:44
So the fact that Tyndale is taking inspiration from Luther already means that they're on opposing side.
Harry SpillaneGUEST
13:51
And the problem gets worse, really, because as Henry VIII throughout the late 1520s wants to have an annulment from Catherine of Aragon, I'm sure many are familiar with that story of of the way in which the break from Rome happened.
Harry SpillaneGUEST
13:24
He regards Martin Luther as a sort of arch-heretic, a figure who is dividing Europe and causing huge amounts of social, religious, political upheaval.
Harry SpillaneGUEST
13:35
And indeed, Henry VIII writes a book against Luther, a book which earns him the title Defender of the Faith from the Pope.
Harry SpillaneGUEST
13:44
So the fact that Tyndale is taking inspiration from Luther already means that they're on opposing side.
Harry SpillaneGUEST
13:51
And the problem gets worse, really, because as Henry VIII throughout the late 1520s wants to have an annulment from Catherine of Aragon, I'm sure many are familiar with that story of of the way in which the break from Rome happened.

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