Religion

The topics in this section include:

• The Church before Henry VIII
• Henry VIII and the break with Rome
• Thomas Cranmer and the Book of Common Prayer
• The Homilies
• Translations of the Bible
• Extremes: Edward VI and Mary
• Elizabeth: the middle path
• Churchgoing
• Protestantism and the Reformation
• The Counter-Reformation
• The religion of love: Courtly love
• Death: the undiscovered country

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