A.D. 1514-1547

Rivingtons, 1882 - Reformation

CONTENTS	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

Personal history of Wolsey	43

His greatness and influence	49

Full powers of reformation given to	59

Monastic system originally admirable	280

Attacks and Legislative restraints	289

Constitutional justification of Henry	295

First Act of Dissolution	302

Amount of property taken under	309

Popular Anger aroused in their favour	321

The process of destruction and confiscation	353

Fate of the Expelled Monks	364

Title	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, 1882
Original from	the University of California
Digitized	10 Dec 2008

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Contemporary Cambridge	65

And Ipswich College	71

Warham and Longland on Oxford Heretics	80

Aims at being a Reforming Pope	87

Last days as a Statesman	94

Death of her six Children	109

First idea of a Divorce	113

Story of her betrothal to Lord Percy	128

Refuses to decree nullity of Marriage	134

Opposition of Fisher and Ridley	155

Petition of Lords and Commons to the Pope	161

Relation of Anne Boleyn to the King	175

The Pope prohibits any divorce	182

His judgment of the Divorce cause	189

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

Nature of Royal Supremacy	233

English treatment of the Pope	239

Long struggle between Rome and England	245

They suggest extinction of Papal Supremacy	253

Social results of the Dissolution	380

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 19	444

Statutory settlement of nominations to Bishoprics	466

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

Bilney	534

Character of socalled Martyrs	541

William Tyndale and his influence	547

Spread of antiChurch party	554

Agitation about alleged extortions of the Clergy	565