The Oxford Martyrs and the English Protestant movement, 1553-58.(Report)

From: The Historian | Date: March 22, 2008| Author: | Copyright information

THE ASCENDANCY OF MARY TUDOR to the English throne in 1553, following the death of her half-brother Edward VI placed the island nation in a precarious religious and political situation. After enduring the break with Rome under Henry VIII as well as the dismantling of traditional religion during the Edwardian Reformation, England now found itself governed by a devout Catholic monarch. The fortunes quickly reversed for those evangelical leaders who had helped shape the previous two decades of the English Reformation. Mary wanted to restore traditional religion quickly. Consequently, ...

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