The great reformation in Britain (1515-1610)

Abstract

Present study is an attempt to prove that Great Reformation in Britain since sixteenth century , strumming from the European Renaissance, the rise of humanism, under the name of Great schism from the Roman Catholic Church and the Protestant Revolution in 16th century. We started our research with a Historical background about the topic of Reformation thought on Roman Catholic Church, or more correctly the Latin Church; to pave the ground for the discussion of the spread the reforms movement in England and Scotland, also the establishment of Anglican church and Scottish Presbyterian church(1515-1610). In our study, we have tried two answer two main interrelated research questions. The first is why the reasons and causes of the Reformation in Church of England are differed from those that happened in Scotland? Secondly concerns with the results, if the English and Scottish Reformation are decline in the same atmosphere and achieve same goals, so why the result of establishment and the beliefs are different?