CONTENTS
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| date | page | |
| Execution of the Dudleys—Elizabeth sent to the Tower | — | 145 |
| Mary's Letter to Bonner—Commissions to eject seven Bishops | — | 145 |
| This done by the Supremacy only—Marriage Bill passed—Gardiner's Bills rejected | — | 146 |
| Parliament dissolved (May 5)—Marriage of Philip and Mary (July)—Their Characters | 1554 | 147 |
| Bonner's Visitation—Discontent | — | 148 |
| Parliament meets (November)—Reverses the Attainder of Cardinal Pole—Repeals the Anti-papal Legislation of Henry VIII.—Refuses to restore the Church Lands | — | 149 |
| Reconciliation with the Church (Nov. 30)—Parliament refuses to exclude Elizabeth from the Succession, to Repeal the Praemunire, or the Mortmain Acts — Rejects a Regency Bill in Philip's favour, and is dissolved (January)—Mary's Success | 1555 | 150 |
| Its Limits—Unsatisfactory to herself | — | 151 |
| She commences a Persecution | — | 152 |
| Gardiner's, Bonner's, and Pole's Shares in it respectively | — | 153 |
| Character of Pole | — | 154 |
| Convocation in Mary's Reign—Its Doings | — | 155 |
| Is overshadowed by Pole's Synod—Pole obtains a Warrant under the Great Seal to permit to assemble it | — | 156 |
| Arbitrary Character of Mary's Proceedings—Remonstrances against them from unlikely quarters | — | 168 |
| Mary's single-minded Fanaticism—Her Conduct to Cranmer and Gardiner respectively | — | 159 |
| Not accomited for by their Conduct in regard to her Mother's Divorce—Gardiner's Reaction probably due to Cromwell's Policy | — | 160 |
| Character of Gardiner | — | 161 |
| Character and Later History of Cranmer | — | 162 |
| Character of Mary | — | 171 |
| Effects of her Persecution | — | 172 |
| Death of Mary | — | 174 |
CHAPTER VIII REIGN OF ELIZABETH | ||
| General Rejoicing at Elizabeth's Succession | — | 175 |
| Another Ecclesiastical Revolution—Cecil, Elizabeth's Chief Adviser | — | 176 |
| Changes before the Meeting of Parliament slight | — | 177 |
