Medieval and modern times : an introduction to the history of western Europe form the dissolution of the Roman empire to the present time . other. The Catholic churchmen who had-held positions under QueenMary were naturally dismissed and replaced by those who wouldobey Elizabeth and use her Book of Prayer. Her first Parlia-ment gave the sovereign the powers of supreme head of theChurch of England, although the title, which her father, HenryVIII, had assumed, was not revived. The Church of England still exists in much the same form in The Englishwhich it was established in the first years of El
Medieval and modern times : an introduction to the history of western Europe form the dissolution of the Roman empire to the present time . other. The Catholic churchmen who had-held positions under QueenMary were naturally dismissed and replaced by those who wouldobey Elizabeth and use her Book of Prayer. Her first Parlia-ment gave the sovereign the powers of supreme head of theChurch of England, although the title, which her father, HenryVIII, had assumed, was not revived. The Church of England still exists in much the same form in The Englishwhich it was established in the first years of Elizabeths reign and survives inthe prayer book is still used, although Englishmen are no longer ^ originalrequired to attend church and may hold any religious views theyplease without being interfered with by the government. 346 Medieval and Modern Times PresbyterianChurchestabhshedin Scotland While England adopted a middle course in religious mattersScotland became Presbyterian, and this led to much trouble forElizabeth. There, shortly after her accession, the ancient Cath-olic Church was abolished, for the nobles were anxious to get. Fig. 90. Portrait of Queen Elizabeth Elizabeth deemed herself a very handsome and imposing person. She was fond of fine clothes and doubtless had on her best when she sat for her portrait the lands of the bishops into their own hands and enjoy therevenue from them. John Knox, a veritable second Calvin in hisstern energy, secured the introduction of the Presbyterian formof faith and church government which still prevail in Scotland. The Wars of Religion 347 In 1561 the Scotch queen, Mary Stuart, whose French hus- Mary Stuart,band, Francis II, had just died, landed at Leith. She was but quten;^nineteen years old, of great beauty and charm, and, by reason becomes theof her Catholic faith and French training, almost a foreigner to Catholicsher subjects. Her grandmother was a sister of Henry VIII,and Mary claimed to be the rightful heiress to the Engli
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