'Ye gods': political obedience from Tyndale to Cromwell, c. 1528-1540 -- English evangelicals, persecution, and obedience, 1540-1547 -- Henrician rhetoric and godly Josiah: obedience and Edward VI (1547-1553) -- 'That outrageous pamphlet': obedience and resistance, c. 1553-1558 -- 'If the prince shall forbid': divisions over evangelical obedience in the 1560s
Summary
Drawing on a wide range of Tudor evangelical writings, this book offers a new perspective on evangelical attitudes towards the king, the Royal Supremacy, and political resistance, noting in particular the connection between Swiss and Tudor concepts of obedience