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Ten Articles

England · Government / Government of England. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1536

Thomas Cromwell Essex, 1stAugust 1536

Government / Government of England

The first attempt is made to clarify religious doctrine after the break with Rome, Bishop Edward Foxe, with strong backing from Cromwell and Cranmer, tables proposals in Convocation, which the King later endorses as the Ten Articles and which are printed in August

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Thomas Cromwell Essex, 1st

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