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By Jacob Ridley When the nine-year-old Edward VI came to the throne of England in January 1547, the floodgates of English Protestant print opened. His father Henry VIII had declared an independent Church of England in 1534, rejecting the authority of the Pope, but Henry remained theologically conservative and enforced heresy laws against the more …
This article was originally posted on the Taylor Institution Library weblog in March 2015 and reblogged at the Taylor Reformation blog which has now become part of the Taylor Editions website with a dedicated Reformation Pamphlets series. Ornate title page of a Luther Sermon Martin Luther was one of the most important figures in the Protestant Reformation …