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The English Reformation Part II Edward VI Bloody Mary Elizabeth I
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http://www.tomrichey.net • This is the second part of my lecture on the English Reformation. Access Part I here: • The English Reformation (Henry VIII a... • Henry VIII was succeeded by his son, Edward VI, who supported the development of a distinctly Protestant Church of England. During Edward's reign, Archbishop Thomas Cranmer wrote the Book of Common Prayer and scrapped the practice of clerical celibacy. After Edward's death, Mary I ( Bloody Mary ) attempted to return England to Catholicism but died before she could cement her counter-reformation. It was during the long reign of Elizabeth I that Protestantism was firmly established, though not without difficulty. Philip II of Spain attempted to invade England, but his Spanish Armada was defeated by a more maneuverable English fleet and by the weather. • By the end of Elizabeth's reign, England was an established Protestant country and an established naval power in Europe.
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