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The Gospel and Henry VIII: Evangelicals in the Early English Reformation

By Alec Ryrie

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2003
ISBN
0521823439, 9780521823432, 9780511062100
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1257707 bytes)
Series
Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History
Pages
332\328
Topic
History
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

The last years of Henry VIII's life, 1539-47, have conventionally been seen as a time when the king persecuted Protestants. This book argues that Henry's policies were much more ambiguous; that he continued to give support to Protestantism and that many accordingly also remained loyal to him. It also examines why the Protestants eventually adopted a more radical, oppositional stance, and argues that English Protestantism's eventual identity was determined during these years.

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