Bulletin of Nizhnevartovsk State UniversityBulletin of Nizhnevartovsk State University2311-14022686-8784Nizhnevartovsk State University49344Research ArticleThomas Cranmer - leader of the English ReformationYerokhinVladimir NikolaevichDoctor of Historical Sciences, Professor at the Department of Documentation Studies and General historyеrоhin_vlаdimir@inbоx.ruNizhnevartovsk State University150620142828605112020Copyright © 2014, Yerokhin V.N.2014The article deals with the activities of Thomas Cranmer (1489-1556) - the first Protestant Archbishop of Canterbury. The author considers Cranmer’s role in the history of English Reformation and appreciation of Cranmer’s activities by Russian historians.religious and political history of 16 century Englandthe Reformation in EnglandThomas Cranmerрелигиозно-политическая история Англии XVI векаРеформация в АнглииТомас Кранмер[Смирнова Н.А. Реформация в Англии и деятельность Томаса Кранмера в первой половине XVI века. М., 1990.][Belloc H. Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury. N.Y., 1973.][Foxe J. Acts and Monuments / Ed. S.R.Cattley. L., 1837-1841. Vol. VIII.][Mac Culloch D. Thomas Cranmer: A Life. New Haven, 1996.][Pollard A.F. Thomas Cranmer and the English Reformation, 1489-1556. L., 1904.][Ridley J. Thomas Cranmer. Oxford, 1962.][Smyth C. Cranmer and the Reformation under Edward VI. L., 1926.]