The book The Reformation volume 22 was written by author Lindsay, Thomas M. (Thomas Martin), 1843-1914 Here you can read free online of The Reformation volume 22 book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is The Reformation volume 22 a good or bad book?
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The Pope, by the Concordat of 1 5 16, had, on condition that the ajinates were paid regularly and some other privileges secured, practically made the King of France head of the French Church, for he had made him the sole dispenser of clerical preferment. Henry, the rival of Francis, was also his imitator, and it must have been difficult for him to avoid envying the position Francis had acquired in gift from the Pope. What Francis received by the Con- cordat of 1 5 16, the English Parliament gav...e to Henry when it declared him to be the one supreme head on earth of the Church of England. It thus fell out that the kingly supremacy over the Church in France made the French court support the papal claims ; while it set England in revolt against Rome. France, rescued from papal domination by the Pope's own act, could rest there, and in all other respects maintain the old religion. England having secured her T36 THE REFORMATION. independence in spite of the Pope, and by an act of rebellion against his authority, could not rest there ; the logical necessities of her position drove her farther and farther from Rome.
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