Oaths and the English Reformation / Jonathan Michael Gray.

Title from publishers bibliographic system (viewed 19 Dec 2012).

An examination of the significance and function of oaths in the English Reformation.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-265) and index.

Note continued: The professions of 1534 to 1536 as a response to previous oaths -- 4. Responses to the oaths of succession and supremacy -- Who swore and why some people refused to swear -- How people took the oaths of the Henrician Reformation -- 5. Oaths and the Pilgrimage of Grace -- Response as imitation: the administration of the pilgrims' oaths -- Response as interpretation: the pilgrims' oaths, the oath of succession, and loyalty to the king -- 6. Oaths, evangelicals, and heresy prosecution -- The traditional role of oaths in the prosecution of heretics -- The early evangelical response to heresy oaths -- Oaths and heresy trials in later Henrician England -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- A. The oaths of a bishop-elect to the Pope -- B. The oaths of a bishop-elect to the king in restitution for temporalities -- C. The promise of the bishops to renounce the Pope and his bulls -- D. The oaths of succession -- Contents note continued: E. Instructions for the visitation of the friars, their profession, and the profession of the other clerical institutions in 1534 -- F. The professions of bishops and universities in 1535 -- G. Post-1535 Henrician oaths of supremacy.

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