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By the end of 1534 the recognition in law of the Church of England under a royal Supreme Head had been achieved by Cromwell’s legislation. The conflict between the spiritualty and the temporalty had been resolved, at least in theory, and in practice the clergy were now treated as the subjects of the King. Under its Supreme Head the Church of England, it was officially held, had been restored to its historic independence of all foreign potentates. It still remained, however, to enforce the statutes which removed the authority of Rome and to formulate and administer the policies of the Supremacy. Cromwell had given constitutional meaning to Henry’s Supreme Headship and he was anxious to influence the exercise of the royal power over the Church.
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Beckingsale, B.W. (1978). The Church of England. In: Thomas Cromwell. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-01664-8_7
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