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Title: History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth. Vol. II.

Author: James Anthony Froude

Release Date: August 14, 2009 [EBook #29687]

Language: English

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HISTORY OF ENGLAND

FROM

THE FALL OF WOLSEY

TO

THE DEATH OF ELIZABETH.

BY

JAMES ANTHONY FROUDE, M.A.

LATE FELLOW OF EXETER COLLEGE, OXFORD.

VOLUME II.

NEW YORK:
CHARLES SCRIBNER AND COMPANY.
1872.

[Illustration:

Charles Scribner and Co of No 654 Broadway New York have authority from
me to publish all works which I have chiefly written and may hereafter
write. J A Froude.

London. Jan. 29. 1871.]

CONTENTS OF VOLUME II.

CHAPTER VI.

THE PROTESTANTS.

PAGE

The Lollards 16

Presentation to Religious Benefices in the Fourteenth Century 17

Statutes of Provisors 21

Rise of the Lollards 25

John Wycliffe 26

Theory of Property 28

Insurrection of Wat Tyler 29

Wycliffe's Influence declines 30

Death of Wycliffe 31

Insurrection of Oldcastle 34

Close of the Lollard Movement 35

New Birth of Protestantism 37

The Christian Brothers 38

Luther 39

Multiplication of Testaments