Tudor Histories of the English Reformations, 153083 - 9781840142815

Taylor & Francis

This book examines the Tudor histories of the English Reformation written in the period 1530-83. All the reforming mid-Tudor regimes used historical discourses to support the religious changes they introduced. > This book examines the Tudor histories of the English Reformation written in the period 1530-83. All the reforming mid-Tudor regimes used historical discourses to support the religious changes they introduced. Indeed the English Reformation as a historical event was written, and rewritten, by Henrician, Edwardian, Marian and Elizabethan historians to provide legitimation for the religious policies of the government of the day. Starting with John Bale\u2019s King Johan, this book examines these histories of the English Reformations. It addresses the issues behind Bale\u2019s editions of the Examinations of Anne Askewe, discusses in detail the almost wholly neglected history writing of Mary Tudor\u2019s reign and concludes with a discussion of John Foxe\u2019s Acts and Monuy