History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth. Vol. III

The work surveys the international politics of the English Reformation, detailing tensions among Spain, the Emperor, France, and the papacy, and diplomatic attempts to involve continental powers against England. It then examines domestic religious change through convocation debates, clerical sermons and injunctions, the formulation of doctrinal articles, and the spread of the English Bible. A substantial section recounts the Pilgrimage of Grace, explaining economic and legal grievances, the uprising’s organization in the north, key confrontations, negotiations such as those at Doncaster, and the ensuing surrenders and reprisals. The volume concludes by following the papal commission to an English churchman and its implications for church politics.