Defender of the Faith

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a title that Leo X bestowed on Henry VIII and later withdrew

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The last act of persuasion is an appeal to Henry VIII in his role of fidei defensor for support in unmasking corrupt pardoners and promoting reform of ecclesiastical abuses.
40) seem to connect the Pardoner's claim to royal protection not to the writ 'under hys brode seale' that he explicitly mentions, but to Henry VIII's presumably orthodox position on indulgences as fidei defensor.
The defence of religious orthodoxy in John Heywood's The Pardoner and the Frere
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