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To: SeeSharp

The return of church land was not a big factor on the minds of Englishman. The biggest factor was the overturning of the English Constitution, unwritten but understood. The conflict between absolute monarchy and constitutional monarchy was thought parallel with The RC and Protestantism.
It is seen in the Anglosphere in coming to a head with our first revolution, Michael Barone’s term, the Glorious Revolution of 1689. James II was seen as embracing Catholic absolutism of the continent. This justified his overthrow to protect the English constitution, limiting the powers of the monarch through Parliament.


15 posted on 11/12/2013 4:26:11 PM PST by gusty
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To: gusty

The Glorious Revolution was nearly a century and a half after the break between England and Rome. Henry confiscated all the church properties and doled them out to his nobles. After that, no return to Catholicism was possible. Ask Mary. She spend her entire reign trying. There wasn’t anyone agitating for “constitution” during her reign either.


46 posted on 11/12/2013 5:17:39 PM PST by SeeSharp
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