This series has seven easy 5-minute installments. This first installment: Tyndall Works on the Bible.IntroductionThe "New Learning" which had
The Field of the Cloth of Gold
This series has four easy 5-minute installments. This first installment: A Celebration of Pomp and Splendor.IntroductionIn out times summit
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
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
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
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