The dispute took place during the birth of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. While Henry did not become a Protestant, in ...

Devotion to traditional religion was intense in Wales in the half century before the Protestant Reformation ... which the anti-papal sentiments of the English ruling class were given free rein.

Puritans wanted the English Protestant Reformation to go further. They wished to rid the Church of England of “popish” – that is, Catholic – elements like bishops and kneeling at services.

However, Henry VIII never became a Protestant. This suggests his starting of the English Reformation was more about politics, wealth and family dynamics than his personal faith. In 1517 ...

The Reformation split the Church into Catholic and Protestant factions ... taking most of the English nation with him, James V, in need of money to support his royal court's extravagant lifestyle ...

A phrase used to designate a Christian faction during the Protestant Reformation that was considered more extreme in its beliefs and actions than the primary Protestant Reformers. Radical ...