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Elizabeth’s accession in 1558 was universally met with expectations of change in religion. Catholics dreaded the renewal of schism from Rome, while Protestants eagerly anticipated the continuation of reforms begun under Henry VIII and Edward VI.
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The Elizabethan Settlement of religion achieved in the 1559 Parliament left many loose ends. Elizabeth, as supreme governor of the church attempted to prevent Parliament from passing or even discussing further religious measures despite a very widely perceived need for ongoing reformation. As a...
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The sixth of our articles for Parliament Week, 2012. Dr Paul Seaward discusses parliament's attempts to persuade their monarch, Elizabeth I, that Mary, Queen of Scots, should be executed for treason in 1586.
