Book IV. The Reformation in England

CHAPTER I.

The Church of Henry viii.

Influences in England making for the Reformation. Lollardy, Hatred of the Clergy, Humanism, Luther

The marriage of Henry and Catharine of Aragon, and the doubts entertained of its validity

The Revolt of England from Roman jurisdiction

The Ten Articles and the Injunctions

The Bishops’ Book, and its teaching

The English Bible

Projected alliance with the German Protestants

The visitation and dissolution of monasteries

The Six Articles and the King’s Book

CHAPTER II.

The Reformation under Edward vi.

The Injunctions and the Articles of Inquiry

The condition of the English Clergy

The First Prayer-Book of King Edward VI.

Continental Reformers in England

The Second Prayer-Book of King Edward VI.

Beginnings of the controversy about Vestments

CHAPTER III.

The Reaction under Mary.

The beginnings of Queen Mary’s reign

The restoration of England to the papal obedience

The Injunctions and the Visitation

The revival of heresy laws and the persecutions

The martyrdom of Cranmer

CHAPTER IV.

The Settlement under Elizabeth.

Elizabeth resolves to be a Protestant. The political situation

The Act of Supremacy and the Act of Uniformity

The Elizabethan Prayer-Book

The Act of Uniformity and the Rubric about Ornaments

The dealings with recalcitrant clergymen

The Thirty-Nine Articles

How Discipline was regulated

The character of the Elizabethan settlement