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238 The Fight Back
Season 5 Episode 43
In 1539, Henry became convinced that religious reform was going too far. Cromwell and Cranmer failed to see the signs and during the 1539 the act of …
7 years, 11 months ago
237 Dissolution and Destruction
Season 5 Episode 42
At the start of 1538, the end of monasticism was widely predicted, and by 1540 the larger monasteries were all gone. Along with an assault on the ven…
7 years, 11 months ago
236 The Burning of Derfel Gadarn
Season 5 Episode 41
In 1537 and 1538 the doctrinal debate intensified with the Evangelical cause appeared to advance step by step. Cromwell discredited the monastic move…
8 years ago
235 Pilgrimage of Grace II
Season 5 Episode 40
By December 1536 there were 50,000 rebels camped around Pontefract Castle while inside their leader Robert Aske composed a petition of 24 articles, t…
8 years ago
234 Pilgrimage of Grace I
Season 5 Episode 39
It is not true to say that Henry died a Catholic without the Pope. The 1530's were a time of increasing doctrinal confusion which together with the a…
8 years, 1 month ago
233 Obedience
Season 5 Episode 38
With Anne's death the traditionalists breathed a heavy sign of relief. now all the bad stuff would stop - evangelical reform would be reversed, Mary …
8 years, 1 month ago
232 Evangelicals
Season 5 Episode 37
From the mid 1520s, the church authorities began to face a more serious challenge from evangelicals like Thomas Bilney and Hugh Latimer. And in 1526 …
8 years, 1 month ago
231 The Scandal of Christendom Debate
Season 5 Episode 36
Some of the arguments about Anne Boleyn's life and career, to help you make you make your choice and vote on the History of England Facebook page htt…
8 years, 2 months ago
230 The Execution of Anne Boleyn
Season 5 Episode 35
On May Day 1536 at Greenwich, Anne and Henry could put their worries aside. Everything was well with the world as they watched the joust. Then Henry …
8 years, 2 months ago
229 The Reign of Queen Anne Boleyn
Season 5 Episode 34
We discuss what we know about Anne as Queen consort, and chart the progress of the break with a thousand years of tradition in the declaration of roy…
8 years, 3 months ago