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Title page of the Coverdale Bible, 1535. Historical woodcut attributed to Hans Holbein the Younger, British Library; a reproduction of the printed document, not a modern reconstruction.
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Tyndale and Coverdale: the English Bible, exile and reform

An English Bible was more than a new printed book: it raised questions about who could interpret Scripture. Tyndale’s translations, Coverdale’s complete Bible and later Protestant histories reveal both the struggle and its remembered meaning.

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