Ontario High School History of England . ope, 1554.—When her enemieswere crushed and her marriage was completed, the nextobject of Marys desire was to secure for her country thePopes formal absolution. To this end she caused thechanges of the previous reign to be revoked. The marriedclergy were now to put away their wives or to give uptheir posts. Once more was mass heard in Latin in thevillage churches. But the Pope required more than therestoration of the old services. The work of Henry VIIImust be undone. England must again accept the Popesauthority, and give back the lands taken from the c
Ontario High School History of England . ope, 1554.—When her enemieswere crushed and her marriage was completed, the nextobject of Marys desire was to secure for her country thePopes formal absolution. To this end she caused thechanges of the previous reign to be revoked. The marriedclergy were now to put away their wives or to give uptheir posts. Once more was mass heard in Latin in thevillage churches. But the Pope required more than therestoration of the old services. The work of Henry VIIImust be undone. England must again accept the Popesauthority, and give back the lands taken from the the English did not like either of these conditions,and a long delay ensued. At last there came to England, aslegate of the Pope, Cardinal Reginald Pole. His mother,daughter of Edward IVs brother, Clarence, was thatMargaret, Countess of Salisbury, whom Henry VIII hadbeheaded in 1541, because of supposed treason againsthis throne (p. 209), and he was thus of royal lineage. Philip II of Spain (1527-1598) 218 HISTORY OF ENGLAND. Henry VIII would have put him to death, could he havelaid hands on him, but now he and Henrys daughterworked together for their great aim of restoring the oldfaith in England. They could not do all that they wished. The queensmarriage was very unpopular, the English were already alittle restive, and Parliament, usuallyso docile, held out with great tenacityagainst the plan to take back thechurch lands from the present , at last, Mary had to consentthat the church lands should remainin their possession. On the otherhand. Parliament repealed all the lawsagainst the Popes authority madeunder Henry VIII and Edward VI,and re-enacted those permitting thepunishment of heresy. Then, in 1554,Reginald Polk with great ceremony, the realm of Eng- ^^^BuLTTsmSsr™ ^^^^^ received the Popes absolution forall the inj ury she had done to the new landowners were delighted to be received backwithout surrendering gains made at the churchs expe
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