Fisher of Men: A Life of John Fisher, 1469-1535

The Catholic Historical Review | July 1, 2000| | Copyright

Fisher of Men: A Life ofJohn Fisher, 1469-1535. By Maria bowling. (New York: St. Martin's Press. 1999. Pp. xii, 218. $65.00.)

John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, cardinal, martyr, and saint has long been overshadowed in both the popular and the scholarly consciousness by his fellow-- martyr Sir Thomas More. But recent scholarship has done much to establish a proper evaluation of Fisher's place in the ecclesiastical, intellectual, and political life of early Tudor England. The names of Edward Surtz and Richard Rex, the principal students of Fisher's theology, stand out in this regard.

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