Saturday, June 5, 2010

Hooker, Richard. Protestant England. Reformation: Protestant England, 6th June, 1999. Web. 5th June, 2010, [http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/REFORM/ENGLAND.HTM

This website, although quite brief, does give some good thoughts on the progress of the Protestant reformation in England during the reign of King Henry VIII and then later monarchs after his death. It was authored for an internet classroom and anthology class about world civilizations at Washington State University. It includes facts about how the king was influenced by such people as Cardinal Wolsey, Thomas Cromwell, and Thomas Cranmer in his search for a new church that was more politically and personally based than religiously. It details the struggle Henry had with the Catholic Church throughout his reign, beginning with the matter of his desire to divorce his first wife, Catherine of Aragon in order to marry Anne Boleyn. The site also offers links to the Counter-Reformation as a follow up.

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