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Kenneth Fincham and Nicholas Tyacke

Print publication date: 2007

Print ISBN-13: 9780198207009

Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: October 2011

DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198207009.001.0001

The Edwardian Legacy, 1560–1604

Chapter:
(p. 39 ) 2 The Edwardian Legacy, 1560–1604
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Altars Restored
Author(s):

Kenneth Fincham

Nicholas Tyacke

Publisher:
Oxford University Press
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198207009.003.0002

Elizabeth I's reign experienced the establishment of an Anglican via media or middle way between Rome and Geneva. This middle way perspective asserts that the excesses of the Edwardian rule were lessened and a moderate style of prayer book protestantism based on parliamentary statute and royal supremacy was constructed. Despite Elizabeth's efforts to create a new view instead of just restoring the Edwardian legacy, iconoclasm occurred once again. Also, as Elizabeth's reign went on, modifications that Elizabeth attempted to introduce in 1559 we gradually ignored. In line with these happenings, other issues that were ignored included the case of the location of communion tables and receiving of legal confirmation in the Jacobean canons.

Keywords:   via media, protestantism, Elizabeth I, iconoclasm, communion tables

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