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Elizabeth's Reformation in the Irish Pale

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 June 2015

HENRY A. JEFFERIES
HENRY A. JEFFERIES*
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Thornhill College, Derry E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

This paper is focused on Elizabeth's Reformation in the Irish Pale around Dublin, the key religious battleground in Tudor Ireland. It highlights the strength of opposition to Elizabeth's religious settlement from the start of her reign. It shows in stark terms that Ireland experienced a Reformation virtually without reformers, and suggests that that was a major reason for its failure. The contrasting experiences of England and the Pale suggest, in turn, that revisionist historians have underestimated the progress of Protestantism in England before Elizabeth's reign.

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The Journal of Ecclesiastical History , Volume 66 , Issue 3 , July 2015 , pp. 524 - 542
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2015 

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