The Reformation of the Church of England: A.D. 1514-1547

Rivingtons, 1868 - Great Britain

CHAPTER	1

An English Divine at Council of Constance	7

Medievalism wearing out	18

English call for reform at Basle	24

Superstitious customs which needed Reformation	36

His greatness and influence	44

Grandeur of his plans	50

Full powers of reformation given to him	56

Transfer of Popes Jurisdiction to Primate of All England	268

Summary of the whole process	276

THE DISSOLUTION OF THE MONASTERIES	279

Monastic reformation necessary	289

First Visitation of the Monasteries	295

First Act of Dissolution	302

Amount of property taken under it	308

Encouragement of informers and subornation of crime	314

Revives learning at Oxford	63

And Ipswich College	71

Luthers early writings suppressed	80

Aims at being a Reforming Pope	87

Last days as a Statesman	94

CHAPTER III	101

Death of her six Children	107

First idea of a Divorce	113

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	162

The Oxford opinion	170

The Pope prohibits any divorce	178

His judgment of the Divorce cause	184

Queen Catherines righteous indignation	191

Anne Boleyn and the Reformation	197

Wolsey and the Præmunire	200

Accusation of Clergy by House of Commons	212

Convocations reply and defence	221

The Decision of Convocation	227

Nature of Royal Supremacy	233

Morale of the Papacy	242

Its Jurisdiction threatened	248

The Annates Act	255

Statutory settlement of nominations to Bishoprics	262

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	488

Revision of Service Books	494

THE AUTHORIZED VERSION OF THE BIBLE	501

Progress towards an authorized version	508

Cranmers Bible	514

CHAPTER XI	522

The Laws against Heresy	528

Bilney	534

Character of socalled Martyrs	541

William Tyndale and his influence	547

Spread of antiChurch party	554

Title	The Reformation of the Church of England: A.D. 1514-1547 Volume 1 of The Reformation of the Church of England: Its History, Principles, and Results, John Henry Blunt
Author	John Henry Blunt
Publisher	Rivingtons, 1868
Original from	the University of California
Digitized	17 Jul 2012

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