Download or read book Fisher of Men: a Life of John Fisher, 1469–1535 written by M. Dowling and published by Springer. This book was released on 1999-06-30 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Fisher, 1469-1535 was a figure of European stature during the Tudor age. His many roles included those of bishop, humanist, theologian, cardinal, and ultimately martyr. This study places him in the context of sixteenth-century Christendom, focusing not just on his resistance to Henry VIII, but also on his active engagement with the renaissance and reformation.