Philosophy 3020F/G Lecture : Henry VIII and the English Reformation
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The essay: you can put together a preliminary bibliography and have a chat with the prof. Due date: march 21st length 20ish pages (17 or 18) Wed feb 29th all who want to go. Going on a tour of the down town churches. No unity on what the the english reformation was. Reformation is presented as an act of state. Within this context elton puts the vision that it was thomas cromwell who was the architect of the english reformation. It is imposed from above on the english people. It painted a picture of a very passive english church and people. Of course the reformation was imposed form above it was everywhere. (german lutheran princes etc) He set england in the context of europe. The reality is that the english people must have been involved. Henry 8th wanted to stop his reformation but he could not. There was some pressure from the english people.