ABSTRACT
Henry VIII's decision to declare himself supreme head of the church in England, and thereby set himself in opposition to the authority of the papacy, had momentous consequences for the country and his subjects. At a stroke people were forced to reconsider assumptions about their identity and loyalties, in rapidly shifting political and theological circumstances. Whilst many studies have investigated Catholic and Protestant identities during the reigns of Elizabeth and Mary, much less is understood about the processes of religious identity-formation during Henry's reign.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |84 pages
Evangelical Directons
chapter |24 pages
Evangelical Conversion
chapter |18 pages
Fear, Purgatory and Polemic
chapter |20 pages
The Shooting of Robert Packington
chapter |20 pages
The Debate Over ‘Unwritten Verities'
part |66 pages
Henrician Reforms
chapter |22 pages
The Other Black Legend
chapter |32 pages
Forgery and Miracles
chapter |10 pages
Mumpsimus and Sumpsimus
part |96 pages
Catholic Positions