Post Series: England

Birthplace of modern democracy? Welcome to stage 9 of A European Journey. After Bulgaria, we travel this week to England, and more specifically to the West of London. As we journey here along the Windsor road which goes outside the M25 surrounding the city, we see the river Thames on the right hand and a meadow…

After William the Conqueror was established as king of England, the dominion of the Roman Catholic Church over the British Isles reached its climax. And even if several kings tried to loosen the grip of Rome, it was finally a theologian that began this process. In order to discover how this process started, we will…

The German Reformation began with a theological debate that was initiated by an Augustinian monk, Martin Luther. But the English Reformation was triggered by something quite different: a divorce. After having discovered the Morning Star of the Reformation in our last episode, we will now explore places linked to the Reformation in England. Today we…

In our last episode, we discovered the circumstances that led to the beginning of the English Reformation in the sixteenth century. At the end, I suggested we look at how the Reformation began to be enforced in our next episode. In order to do that, we will visit the city of Canterbury in the county…

Many believe that the Reformation was simply a dispute between theologians. Nevertheless, it involved people from all spheres of life, including rulers and lawyers. Today we will explore the key role that a lawyer played in the English Reformation. And to do so, we will visit the capital of England, London. This is the most…