. The story of the greatest nations; a comprehensive history, extending from the earliest times to the present, founded on the most modern authorities, and including chronological summaries and pronouncing vocabularies for each nation; and the world's famous events, told in a series of brief sketches forming a single continuous story of history and illumined by a complete series of notable illustrations from the great historic paintings of all lands. for himself in religious questions, an Act of Uniformity was passed. Certainarticles of religion were drawn up, modified and framed into those kn
. The story of the greatest nations; a comprehensive history, extending from the earliest times to the present, founded on the most modern authorities, and including chronological summaries and pronouncing vocabularies for each nation; and the world's famous events, told in a series of brief sketches forming a single continuous story of history and illumined by a complete series of notable illustrations from the great historic paintings of all lands. for himself in religious questions, an Act of Uniformity was passed. Certainarticles of religion were drawn up, modified and framed into those known asthe Bloody Six Articles. In substance, the doctrines were those of theRoman Catholic Church, and, while making no pretension of forming a com-plete or systematic creed, they named the points on which there was the mostdiversity of opinion, and warned all of the fearful penalty of refusing to acceptthe decisions of the English Church. Thus, whoever denied the first article,that of transubstantiation, should be declared a heretic and burned without anopportunity of recanting. Whosoever spoke against the other five articlesshould, for the first offence, forfeit his property, and for the second should diethe death of a felon. This act caught the truculent Cromwell. He had used his influence as amember of the government to thwart the execution of the law by staying pro-ceedings and granting pardons, but Henry had become his enemy and put him. England—Marriages of Henry VIII. I039 to death. Cromwells merciless persecutions of the monasteries led to hisbeing called the Hammer of the Monks. The marriage experiences of Henry VHI. constitute one unbroken recordof infamy. Anne Boleyn, who was the mother of Elizabeth, destined to be-come one of the very greatest queens England ever knew, was charged withunfaithfulness, and it is more than likely the charge was true. She was exe-cuted, and then he married Jane Seymour, who died a year after the birth of ason, who became Edward VI. I
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