1. The Reformation and the English Church
... he renounced the authority of the pope. This gave the people a reason to rise and start pleading for a more Lutheran theological reform. Right after the Act of Supremacy in 1534, Edward Hall explains how in the Commons Lutherans started to come together in the nether house and began to make discussions about charging the ordinaries with a wide array of offenses3. The ... the death of King Henry VIII, Parliament moved quickly to establish their supremacy in the regency government made necessary by the youth of the new king, Edward VI (1547-1553). Under the Protectorate of his uncle, Edwa...
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