BOOK IV. THE REFORMATION IN ENGLAND.
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CHAPTER I.
The Church of Henry viii.
Influences in England making for the Reformation. Lollardy, Hatred of the Clergy, Humanism, Luther 315
The marriage of Henry and Catharine of Aragon, and the doubts entertained of its validity 322
The Revolt of England from Roman jurisdiction 325
The Ten Articles and the Injunctions 333
The Bishops’ Book, and its teaching 336
The English Bible 337
Projected alliance with the German Protestants 340
The visitation and dissolution of monasteries 343
The Six Articles and the King’s Book 347
CHAPTER II.
The Reformation under Edward vi.
The Injunctions and the Articles of Inquiry 351
The condition of the English Clergy 353
The First Prayer-Book of King Edward VI. 356
Continental Reformers in England 358
The Second Prayer-Book of King Edward VI. 361
Beginnings of the controversy about Vestments 364
CHAPTER III.
The Reaction under Mary.
The beginnings of Queen Mary’s reign 368
The restoration of England to the papal obedience 371
The Injunctions and the Visitation 374
The revival of heresy laws and the persecutions 375
The martyrdom of Cranmer 378
CHAPTER IV.
The Settlement under Elizabeth.
Elizabeth resolves to be a Protestant. The political situation 385
The Act of Supremacy and the Act of Uniformity 390
The Elizabethan Prayer-Book 396
The Act of Uniformity and the Rubric about Ornaments 402
The dealings with recalcitrant clergymen 408
The Thirty-Nine Articles 411
How Discipline was regulated 417
The character of the Elizabethan settlement 418