Religious Tolerance 331 Spirit of Persecution 332 State of Parties 333 The Privy Council 335 The Prospects of Cromwell 336 Appeal of the King to his Subjects 337 General Pardon 339 Difficulties of Protestantism 341 Marriage of the Clergy 342 An Execution at Ipswich 343 General Election 344 Meeting of Parliament 349 Religious Differences 350 Proposals for Union 351 Attainder of the Poles 352 The Six Articles 353 Act of Proclamations 355 Royal Address 357 Dissolution of the Monasteries 359 Extension of the Episcopate 360 Approbation of England 365 Protest of Melancthon 366 Moderation of the King 368 Development of the Statute 369 Second Pardon 370 The Vicar of Stepney 371 Henry and Prince Edward 372 The English Criminal Law 373 The Welsh Marches 381 Address to the Justices of the Peace 385 Issue of Special Commissions 388 The Three Abbots 390 The Abbot of Glastonbury. 391
ANNE OF CLEVES, AND THE FALL OF CROMWELL.
Anne of Cleves 399 Cromwell and the Peers 404 Position of Cromwell 405 Cromwell and Gardiner 408 Cromwell and the Bishops 409 The Protestants 410 Prosecution of Dr. Watts 411 The Emperor comes to Paris 412 Reginald Pole 413 The Emperor at Paris 414 An English Traitor 415 Interview with Sir Thomas Wyatt 417 Anne of Cleves lands in England 420 The King's Sensations 422 Arrival of Anne at Greenwich 423 Reluctance of Henry. 425 Completion of the Marriage 426 Protestant Controversy 427 Attitude of the Emperor 431 Failure of Cromwell's Foreign Policy 434 Approach of the Crisis 436 Meeting of Parliament 437 Cromwell's Opening Speech 438 The Calm before the Storm 439 Progress of ordinary Legislation 440 A Subsidy Bill 441 Attainders of Romanists 442 The King's Marriage 443 Hints of a Divorce 445 The Fall of Cromwell 446 Intercession of Cranmer 454 The Attainder 456 The Six Articles 458 The King's Statement 461 Judgment of Convocation 463 Communication with the Duke 467 Opinion of Foreign Powers 469 Committee of Religion 471 The Calais Conspirators 472 Attainder of three Protestants 473 Parliament is Dissolved 474 The Fall of Cromwell 476 His Prayer on the Scaffold 477 Character of Cromwell 478
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC ASPECTS OF THE REFORMATION IN ENGLAND.
In the sensitive condition of Europe the effect of events was felt beyond their natural consequence. The death of Catherine of Arragon led to the renewal of the war between France and the Empire. Paul III., in real or pretended reluctance to proceed to the last extremity, had for a time suspended the Bull of Deposition which he had drawn against the King of England.[1] It was idle to menace while he was unable to strike; and the two great Catholic powers had declined, when his intention was first made known to them, to furnish him with the necessary support. Francis I., who trifled, as it suited his convenience, with the court of London, the see of Rome, the Smalcaldic League, and the Divan at Constantinople, had protested against a step which would have compelled him to a definite course of action. The Emperor, so long as Solyman was unchecked upon the Danube, and Moorish corsairs swept the Mediterranean and ravaged the coasts of Italy, had shrunk from the cost and peril of a new contest.