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October 4, 2015 Leave a Comment

Church of England’s Monstrous Origin

In June the long struggle came to an end. The nobles sprang on Cromwell with a fierceness that told of their long-hoarded hate.Henry VIII Makes

September 30, 2015 Leave a Comment

Cromwell Alone

"Beknaved" by the King, whose confidence in him waned as he discerned the full meaning of the religious changes which Cromwell had brought about, met

September 28, 2015 Leave a Comment

Ireland Resists Henry

But Cromwell found it easier to deal with Irish inaction than with the feverish activity which his reforms stirred in England itself. It was

September 27, 2015 Leave a Comment

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

September 21, 2015 Leave a Comment

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

September 20, 2015 Leave a Comment

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

September 16, 2015 2 Comments

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

September 6, 2015 Leave a Comment

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

September 2, 2015 Leave a Comment

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

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