HERESY AND FORFEITURE IN MARIAN ENGLAND*
@article{Cavill2013HERESYAF, title={HERESY AND FORFEITURE IN MARIAN ENGLAND*}, author={Paul Cavill}, journal={The Historical Journal}, year={2013}, volume={56}, pages={879 - 907} }
ABSTRACT 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…
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