Heresy and forfeiture in marian England
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Authors
Cavill, Paul
Publication Date
2013-12Journal Title
Historical Journal
ISSN
0018-246X
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Volume
56
Pages
879-907
Language
English
Type
Article
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Cavill, P. (2013). Heresy and forfeiture in marian England. Historical Journal, 56 879-907. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0018246X13000277
Abstract
<jats:title>ABSTRACT</jats:title><jats:p>The work of the martyrologist John Foxe ensures that the burnings dominate modern accounts of the campaign waged again Protestantism in the reign of Mary I (1553–8). Drawing on other sources, this article examines forfeiture of property, a less noticed but more common penalty imposed upon Protestants. It describes the types of forfeiture that occurred and analyses their legal basis; it considers the impact of the penalty and highlights means of evasion. By examining forfeiture, the article extends and enhances the debate about the effectiveness of Marian religious policy and about the degree of support that the regime could command. Forfeiture, it is shown, could be a powerful form of coercion, but depended upon popular politics to be effective. Subsequent efforts in Elizabeth I's reign to obtain restitution substantiate the article's thesis that a deep-rooted belief in the rule of law constrained the penal religious policies of early modern England.</jats:p>
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I acknowledge the support of the Arts and Humanities Research Council through the award of a research fellowship.
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External DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0018246X13000277
This record's URL: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/246098
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Licence URL: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/uk/
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