Editors: Johan Bergström-Allen, Richard Copsey
Published Date: 2009
Publisher: Saint Albert’s Press
ISBN: 0904849252, 9780904849257
Length: 423 pages
Price: £54.00
Available From: Waterstones, Google (currently out of print)
Thomas Netter was born in Saffron Walden and spent his early years in the town before entering the church, and becoming a diplomat and confessor for King Henry V, who reportedly died in Netter’s arms. He was also known for his opposition to the Lollards.
Sometimes dubbed the last great medieval theologian, Thomas Netter was a Carmelite friar from Saffron Walden in England. By the time of his death in 1430, his writings on theology, philosophy, Canon Law and Scripture had travelled across the Christian world, and a cult of sanctity quickly developed at the tomb of ‘blessed Thomas’ in the French city of Rouen.
Book review first appeared in Saffron Walden Historical Journal No 26: Autumn 2013