A continued Tudor dynasty queries

I'd suggest the Scottish question gets resolved with Henry IX's son, Edward marrying Mary, Queen of Scots. That's in line with OTL's "rough wooing" and the fact that both are Catholics may make it more palatable to the Scots court (if not the general population if Scotland goes Reformist as per OTL - with a Catholic England it may be less prone to do so.)

Alright that seems reasonable to me, and might perhaps be tolerable to the court as well, considering the possibility of heretical support is diminished with a Catholic England.
 
I meant the part about crushing revolts in England and unifying all the British Isles into one state through force of arms. It would have easily secured for himself mountains of glory.

Hmm interesting, though Cromwell didn't quite achieve that
 
Eastern side of country but not only the South East. Incidents of Lollard trials would suggest Kent, London and Lincoln as areas where non-traditional beliefs are most prevalent but don't forget that Wycliffe himself grew up in Yorkshire and preached in Leicester.

One thing to be careful about is that Lollard does not equal Protestant and the link is tenuous but I'd use it as a working assumption.

Perhaps not, but if the Hussites that were left in Bohemia were incorporated into the Protestant movement when it showed up there, I could see the Lollardists? being swept into the Protestant movement that reaches England.
 
Perhaps not, but if the Hussites that were left in Bohemia were incorporated into the Protestant movement when it showed up there, I could see the Lollardists? being swept into the Protestant movement that reaches England.

Intriguing, would Protestanism be as wide spread in England without the patronage of the crown?
 
Perhaps not, but if the Hussites that were left in Bohemia were incorporated into the Protestant movement when it showed up there, I could see the Lollardists? being swept into the Protestant movement that reaches England.
The link between Lollardry and Protestantism is pretty hotly debated and the majority opinion I believes favours them to be unconnected. But it would seem self evident that an area which had a significant number of non-conformists in the past would be more receptive to any non-conformance in the future.
Intriguing, would Protestanism be as wide spread in England without the patronage of the crown?
It would grow more slowly and perhaps more radical. Much more likely to follow a Scottish example and move straight to Reformist / Calvinist than a more restrained Lutheran approach.
 
Intriguing, would Protestanism be as wide spread in England without the patronage of the crown?

Among the merchant class, that have constant contact with the Protestant Low Countries, we could see an upsurge. The nobility might see one or two converts. And even if the king is Catholic, and "Wolsey burns books, More will burn people", it's not to say it won't make inroads. I very much doubt that we'll see a sort of Spanish England, but there will be a crackdown. I could see it going through phases - something bad happens, the Protestants are blamed (maybe an assassination attempt of Henry VIII), and they persecute them to their heart's content; and then something else happens that distracts them - war with the Catholic French/Spanish and suddenly religion takes a backseat to being English. Rinse wash repeat.
 
The link between Lollardry and Protestantism is pretty hotly debated and the majority opinion I believes favours them to be unconnected. But it would seem self evident that an area which had a significant number of non-conformists in the past would be more receptive to any non-conformance in the future.

It would grow more slowly and perhaps more radical. Much more likely to follow a Scottish example and move straight to Reformist / Calvinist than a more restrained Lutheran approach.

Intriguing, so there would definitely be some very strong religious tension, which might be exploited during a minority regency
 
Among the merchant class, that have constant contact with the Protestant Low Countries, we could see an upsurge. The nobility might see one or two converts. And even if the king is Catholic, and "Wolsey burns books, More will burn people", it's not to say it won't make inroads. I very much doubt that we'll see a sort of Spanish England, but there will be a crackdown. I could see it going through phases - something bad happens, the Protestants are blamed (maybe an assassination attempt of Henry VIII), and they persecute them to their heart's content; and then something else happens that distracts them - war with the Catholic French/Spanish and suddenly religion takes a backseat to being English. Rinse wash repeat.

Very true, perhaps until something like the thirty years war?
 
The link between Lollardry and Protestantism is pretty hotly debated and the majority opinion I believes favours them to be unconnected. But it would seem self evident that an area which had a significant number of non-conformists in the past would be more receptive to any non-conformance in the future.

I wasn't sure what the connection between Wycliffe and Luther/et al is, I just remember from textbooks in my first year of religious history that said that characterized Wycliffe, Hus and Savonarola as the proto-reformers and that Luther/Calvin made some serious inroads in Bohemia and in parts of England where Hus/Wycliffe because they took some of the same POVs. Granted, by now the book's probably like 20years out of date.
 
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Wonder would Henry IX attempt some reform of the church in England to ensure that the appeal of Protestant sects is lessened?
 
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Wonder would Henry IX attempt some reform of the church in England to ensure that the appeal of Protestant sects is lessened?
Author's fiat.

My opinion is that he probably wouldn't unless events had conspired to make him considerably weaker than Henry VIII was. Which is not saying it's impossible - just that this was a time when you chose Catholicism or Protestantism and to that point of the divorce Henry had been one of the Pope's greatest allies.
 
Author's fiat.

My opinion is that he probably wouldn't unless events had conspired to make him considerably weaker than Henry VIII was. Which is not saying it's impossible - just that this was a time when you chose Catholicism or Protestantism and to that point of the divorce Henry had been one of the Pope's greatest allies.

Hmm interesting, so he wouldn't attempt to reform the Catholic church, keeping it catholic but without the shitty bits? That's going to cause issues.
 
Hmm interesting, so he wouldn't attempt to reform the Catholic church, keeping it catholic but without the shitty bits? That's going to cause issues.
He can't - to do so makes him a heretic.

I can see England embracing the Counter Reformation though - English Jesuits in the New World would be interesting!
 
He can't - to do so makes him a heretic.

I can see England embracing the Counter Reformation though - English Jesuits in the New World would be interesting!

Hmm this is true, sending representatives to the councils that are held would be fascinating to see
 
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