John Bale was a bishop of Ossory, English reformer, antiquary, and dramatist.
Achievements
In his own day he was notorious as a zealot and as a prolific writer of learned and acrimonious polemical works. Today he is remembered chiefly for his pioneer survey of English writers
Works
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Kynge Johan (c.1538)
Other Work
Illustrium Majoris Britanniae Scriptorum Summarium (1548; revised 1559)
Religion
He became an ardent Protestant and devoted a tempestuous life to religious controversy
