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Bishop Fisher
When Cromwell was a young boy, he watched an old Loller woman being burned for heresy. (A “Loller” was someone who followed the anti-Catholic teachings of John Wycliffe.) The violence of the incident sticks with Cromwell through the years, making him disagree with Thomas More’s idea of punishing anyone who broke with the Catholic faith by deeming them heretics and burning them.
The Loller Quotes in Wolf Hall
The Wolf Hall quotes below are all either spoken by The Loller or refer to The Loller. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Part 4: Chapter 2
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When the Loller was led out between the officers the people jeered and shouted. He saw that she was a grandmother, perhaps the oldest person he had ever seen. The officers were nearly carrying her. She had no cap or veil. Her hair seemed to be torn out of her head in patches. People behind him said, no doubt she did that herself, in desperation at her sin. Behind the Loller came two monks, parading like fat gray rats, crosses in their pink paws. The woman in the clean cap […] balled her two hands into fists and punched them in the air, and from the depth of her belly she let loose a scream, a halloo, in a shrill voice like a demon. The press of people took up the cry.
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The Loller Quotes in Wolf Hall
The Wolf Hall quotes below are all either spoken by The Loller or refer to The Loller. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Part 4: Chapter 2
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When the Loller was led out between the officers the people jeered and shouted. He saw that she was a grandmother, perhaps the oldest person he had ever seen. The officers were nearly carrying her. She had no cap or veil. Her hair seemed to be torn out of her head in patches. People behind him said, no doubt she did that herself, in desperation at her sin. Behind the Loller came two monks, parading like fat gray rats, crosses in their pink paws. The woman in the clean cap […] balled her two hands into fists and punched them in the air, and from the depth of her belly she let loose a scream, a halloo, in a shrill voice like a demon. The press of people took up the cry.
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