The Reformation of the Church of England, Its History, Principles, and Results [A. D. 1514-1547]: By the Rev. John Henry Blunt

Rivington, 1869

CHAPTER	1

An English Divine at Council of Constance	7

Mediævalism wearing	18

English call for reform at Basle	24

His greatness and influence	44

Grandeur of his plans	50

Full powers of reformation given to him	56

Revives learning at Oxford	63

They suggest extinction of Papal Supremacy	253

28	267

Statutory settlement of nominations to Bishoprics	272

THE DISSOLUTION OF THE MONASTERIES	279

Superstitious customs which needed Reformation	285

Monastic reformation necessary	289

First Visitation of the Monasteries	295

First Act of Dissolution	302

And Ipswich College	71

Luthers early writings suppressed	80

Aims at being a Reforming Pope	87

23	94

CHAPTER III	101

Death of her six Children	107

First idea of a Divorce	113

24	114

Correspondence between her and Henry VIII	124

Doubts as to character of opinions given	130

Appoints Legates to hear the cause	136

The Legates and their Court	144

Opposition of Fisher and Ridley	150

Petition of Lords and Commons to the Pope	156

The Cambridge opinion	163

The Oxford opinion	170

The Pope prohibits any divorce	178

25	180

His judgment of the Divorce cause	184

26	187

Queen Catherines righteous indignation	191

Anne Boleyn and the Reformation	197

Wolsey and the Præmunire	200

The whole Nation involved	211

pardoning Clergy and Laity	221

The Decision of Convocation	227

27	229

Nature of Royal Supremacy	233

English treatment of the Pope	239

English Contempt for	245

Amount of property taken under it	308

Encouragement of informers and subornation of crime	314

Popular Anger aroused in their favour	320

Second Visitation of Monasteries	327

Acts of Surrender	333

The process of destruction and confiscation	340

Last days of the Abbot of Glastonbury	346

The second Act of Dissolution	353

Fate of the Expelled Monks	364

Social results of the Dissolution	380

CHAPTER VII	391

The grievance of Fees	400

Benefit of Clergy abolished	406

The Clergy and the Nun of Kent	413

Execution of Bishop Fisher	420

CHAPTER VIII	426

Obedience of Church of England to Catholic Church	432

The Institution of a Christian Man	444

The Erudition of a Christian Man	468

Doctrinal close of Henrys reign	479

Abrogation of certain Holydays	489

THE AUTHORIZED VERSION OF THE BIBLE	501

Progress towards an authorized version	508

Cranmers Bible	514

CHAPTER XI	522

The Laws against Heresy	528

Pilney	534

Character of socalled Martyrs	541

The foreign Anabaptists in England	550

238	559

Title	The Reformation of the Church of England, Its History, Principles, and Results [A. D. 1514-1547]: By the Rev. John Henry Blunt
Author	John Henry Blunt
Publisher	Rivington, 1869
Original from	the Bavarian State Library
Digitized	18 Feb 2010

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