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Religious change - Coggle Diagram
Religious change
Key reforms
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Chantries Act (1547): ended prayers for the dead, both doctrinal and financial motives
1548- Altars remained, but destruction of images and vestments began.
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Overview
Edward VI was a committed zealous Protestant, influenced by reformers (Cranmer, Ridley)
Reigned as a minor → government led by Somerset (1547–49), then Northumberland (1549–53).
England still predominantly Catholic in belief and culture, despite Henry VIII's break from Rome.
Protestantism growing in London, E. Anglia,— but slow, elite-driven.
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Resistance
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Other unrest
Riots and disorder across England in 1547–49 → e.g., East Anglia, London iconoclasm.
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