But Cromwell found it easier to deal with Irish inaction than with the feverish activity which his reforms stirred in England itself. It was
Henry Tries to Export His Church
Irishmen were shut out by law from abbeys and churches within the English boundary; and the ill-will of the natives shut out Englishmen from churches
The Tyrant’s Reforms
The very gratitude of Englishmen for fresh spiritual enlightenment was to tell to the profit of the royal power. No conception could be further from
The North Revolts
In the autumn of 1536 a rising broke out in Lincolnshire, and this was hardly quelled when all Yorkshire rose in arms.Henry VIII Makes Himself Head
More Laws and Executions
The choice of his first victim showed the ruthless precision with which Cromwell was to strike. In the general opinion of Europe, the foremost
Henry’s Reign of Terror
It is only through the stray depositions of royal spies that we catch a glimpse of the wrath and hate which lay seething under this silence of the
Convents and Monasteries Downfall
The restriction of the right of preaching to priests who received licenses from the Crown silenced every voice of opposition. Even to those who
Act of Supremacy
By the Act of Supremacy authority in all matters ecclesiastical was vested solely in the Crown. The courts spiritual became as thoroughly the king's
Parliament Supports King’s Claim
The parliament forbade by statute any further appeals to the papal court; and on a petition from the clergy in convocation the houses granted power to