History A-Level
Official reform under Edward VI
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Protestantism moved from tolerated opinion to official policy through the 1549 and 1552 Prayer Books, the 1553 Forty-Two Articles and the repeal of heresy laws, yet implementation varied by parish.
Topics that use Official reform under Edward VI
- Religious changes, 1509–88 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Court faction and royal patronage
- Institutional versus doctrinal change
- Popular religion and conformity
- Popular response to religious change
- Protestant and Catholic reform
- Puritan pressure and Elizabethan settlement
- Recusancy, mission and noble protection
- Regional variation and local patronage
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