The Church of England in and of itself is a Protestant church. It split from the Catholic Church around 1526 under Henry VIII.
John Milton, wrote paradise lost in this same time period during the 1600's and his writing was actually very tuned to a protestant audience. It was regarded highly in England because the population was mainly Protestant. So no, I don't believe that England was under Catholic rule after the 1600's
Hastings, 1066............
Following Queen Elizabeths father Henry VIII breakaway from the Catholic Church of Rome, the church in England was, and still is, the protestant Church of England. i like it up the bum so much
Under the doctrine (rules) of the Church of England (the Anglican Church) the authority of the British monarch (currently Queen Elizabeth) is supreme. In practice the Queen delegates this authority either to the parliament or to the leaders of the church.
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Born catholic, as the whole of England was at the time of her birth. Became protestant (Church of England) as she studied books of stuff like that, realised that being protestant she could marry Henry so convinced him to divorce under new religion, and they then made the whole of England protestant, and Henry head of the church.
He certainly began the process although it was not completed under him as many people still rebelled against it, particularly in the North of England. By the time Mary came to the throne most of the country was Protestant.
The most important characteristic was that it was in English, not Latin. It included Protestant aspects such as provision for communion under both kinds.
John Donne was raised a Catholic, but changed his faith to become a Protestant, eventually to serve as Dean of St. Paul's under the reign of James I. In some of his writings and sermons he shows more tolerance for Catholicism than most of his Protestant contemporaries.
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