What issues contributed to the Reformation in England?
The timing of the whole Henry VIII divorce issue was, of course, important in shaping the WAY the Reformation took place in England, but it is absurd to think that this issue was “THE cause” of the Reformation. In particular, the importance of Reformation IDEAS and their influence on key people (which actually began two centuries earlier) cannot be overlooked. The following page has a very nice summary of the other factors (and people) that were key in bringing about the English Reformation. http://history.wisc.edu/sommerville/361/… Aside from such factors as opposition to corruption in the late medieval church, and the fact that many in England came in contact with “Lutheran” ideas (actually both those of Luther and of the teachers Swiss Reformers, esp. those in Geneva — Calvin, Bucer, et.al. ) note also the key influence of ENGLISHMEN, perhaps esp 1) Wycliffe — 13th century Englishman dubbed the “Mornin
