"Persecutors under the cloak of policy": anti-Catholic vengeance and the Marian hierarchy in Elizabethan England
This article examines questions of retributive justice and conflict resolution in early modern England. In particular, it focuses on Protestant demands for anti-Catholic vengeance in the aftermath of the Marian persecution. Following the accession of Elizabeth I in 1558, some godly critics called fo...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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2017
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The sixteenth century journal
Year: 2017, Volume: 48, Issue: 2, Pages: 357-384 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
England
/ Religious policy
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| IxTheo Classification: | CG Christianity and Politics KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance KBF British Isles KDB Roman Catholic Church KDE Anglican Church SA Church law; state-church law |
| Further subjects: | B
Anti-Catholicism
History
B Church of England & state History B Persecution Great Britain History B Reign of Elizabeth I England 1558-1603 B CHURCH & state England History B Church of England History 16th century B Revenge |
| Summary: | This article examines questions of retributive justice and conflict resolution in early modern England. In particular, it focuses on Protestant demands for anti-Catholic vengeance in the aftermath of the Marian persecution. Following the accession of Elizabeth I in 1558, some godly critics called for the execution of the Marian leadership, whom they blamed for the deaths of the Protestant martyrs. The Elizabethan government, however, was reluctant to launch a full-scale religious persecution, and so the surviving Roman Catholic dignitaries were imprisoned, remanded to house arrest, or released. The perception that the Marian leadership had gone unpunished would become a lingering point of resentment, especially as members of the godly community were themselves increasingly targeted for prosecution by the English church and state. |
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| ISSN: | 0361-0160 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The sixteenth century journal
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