The Literature of the English Reformation. Historical Background
The Literature of the English Reformation. Historical Background
Author(s): Gyongyver MăduțaSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Philology, Theory of Literature
Published by: Editura Pro Universitaria
Keywords: king; promulgation; policy; dissemination; monastic; cathedral; religious communities; abbey; culture; clerical; reinforcement; ecclesiastical policies;
Summary/Abstract: The English Reformation was alternately initiated, delayed, fostered, reversed, and reshaped by four Tudor monarchs and their ministers. It began with violent severance and ended with an uneasy compromise. When Henry VIII appointed Thomas Cranmer to the archbishopric of Canterbury in 1532 he promoted a man known to be sympathetic to reform. Cranmer was to become the chief instrument of the King’s policy for the removal of papal supremacy in England. When the Pope’s long sought sanction for the King’s divorce was denied, it was Cranmer who annulled Henry’s marriage to Catherine of Aragon, and he who crowned Anne Boleyn in her stead in 1533. It was Cranmer who was chiefly responsible for the promulgation of the ‘’Ten Articles’’ in 1536, the first statement of faith issued by the independent English church, and he who took responsibility for the first official dissemination of the Bible in the English language.
Journal: Crossing Boundaries in Culture and Communication
- Issue Year: 9/2018
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 158-162
- Page Count: 5
- Language: English