John Ponet Cleric

John Ponet (c. 1514 – August 1556), sometimes spelled John Poynet, was an English Protestant churchman and controversial writer, the Bishop of Winchester and Marian exile. He is now best known as a resistance theorist who made a sustained attack on the divine right of kings.

Personal facts

John Ponet
Religion
Anglicanism
Date of deathJanuary 01, 1556
Place of death
Strasbourg
Education
Queens' College Cambridge

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External resources

  1. http://www.etsu.edu/cas/history/documents/ponet.htm