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<td nowrap="">Chapter 1</td>
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<td><b>THE FIRST PROTESTANT MARTYRS IN ENGLAND.</b><br>
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Chapter 1
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<b>THE FIRST PROTESTANT MARTYRS IN ENGLAND.</b><br>
 
Two Sources of Protestantism &mdash; The Bible and the Holy Spirit &mdash; Wicliffe's Missionaries &mdash; Hopes of the Protestants &mdash; Petition Parliament for a reformation &mdash; England not yet ripe &mdash; The Movement Thrown Back &mdash; Richard II. Persecutes the Lollards &mdash; Richard Loses his Throne &mdash; Henry IV. Succeeds &mdash; Statute De Haeretico Comburendo &mdash; William Sawtrey &mdash; the First Martyr for Protestantism in England &mdash; Trial and Execution of John Badby &mdash; Conversation between the Prince of Wales and the Martyr at the Stake &mdash; Offered his Life &mdash; Refuses and Dies.</td>
 
Two Sources of Protestantism &mdash; The Bible and the Holy Spirit &mdash; Wicliffe's Missionaries &mdash; Hopes of the Protestants &mdash; Petition Parliament for a reformation &mdash; England not yet ripe &mdash; The Movement Thrown Back &mdash; Richard II. Persecutes the Lollards &mdash; Richard Loses his Throne &mdash; Henry IV. Succeeds &mdash; Statute De Haeretico Comburendo &mdash; William Sawtrey &mdash; the First Martyr for Protestantism in England &mdash; Trial and Execution of John Badby &mdash; Conversation between the Prince of Wales and the Martyr at the Stake &mdash; Offered his Life &mdash; Refuses and Dies.</td>
  
<td nowrap="">Chapter 2</td>
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Chapter 2<br>
<td><b>THE THEOLOGY OF THE EARLY ENGLISH PROTESTANTS.</b><br>
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<b>THE THEOLOGY OF THE EARLY ENGLISH PROTESTANTS.</b><br>
         Protestant Preachers and Martyrs before Henry VIII.'s time &mdash; Their Theology &mdash; Inferior to that of the Sixteenth Century &mdash; The Central Truths clearly Seen &mdash; William Thorpe &mdash; Imprisoned &mdash; Dialogue between him and Archbishop Arundel &mdash; His Belief &mdash; His Views on the Sacrament &mdash; The Authority of Scripture &mdash; Is Threatened with a Stake &mdash; Christ Present in the Sacrament to Faith &mdash; Thorpe's Views on Image-Worship &mdash; Pilgrimage &mdash; Confession &mdash; Refuses to Submit &mdash; His Fate Unknown &mdash; Simplicity of Early English Theology &mdash; Convocation at Oxford to Arrest the Spread of Protestantism &mdash; Constitutions of Arundel &mdash; The Translation and Reading of the Scriptures Forbidden.</td>
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         Protestant Preachers and Martyrs before Henry VIII.'s time &mdash; Their Theology &mdash; Inferior to that of the Sixteenth Century &mdash; The Central Truths clearly Seen &mdash; William Thorpe &mdash; Imprisoned &mdash; Dialogue between him and Archbishop Arundel &mdash; His Belief &mdash; His Views on the Sacrament &mdash; The Authority of Scripture &mdash; Is Threatened with a Stake &mdash; Christ Present in the Sacrament to Faith &mdash; Thorpe's Views on Image-Worship &mdash; Pilgrimage &mdash; Confession &mdash; Refuses to Submit &mdash; His Fate Unknown &mdash; Simplicity of Early English Theology &mdash; Convocation at Oxford to Arrest the Spread of Protestantism &mdash; Constitutions of Arundel &mdash; The Translation and Reading of the Scriptures Forbidden.
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<p>      <td nowrap="">Chapter 3<br>
<p>      <td nowrap="">Chapter 3</td>
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<b>GROWTH OF ENGLISH PROTESTANTISM.</b><br>
      <td><b>GROWTH OF ENGLISH PROTESTANTISM.</b><br>
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The Papal Schism &mdash; Its Providential Purpose &mdash; Council of Pisa &mdash; Henry's Letter to the Pope &mdash; The King exhorts the Pope to Amendment &mdash; The Council of Pisa Deposes both Popes &mdash; Elects Alexander V. &mdash; The Schism not Healed &mdash; Protestantism in England continues to grow &mdash; Oxford Purged &mdash; A Catholic Revival &mdash; Aves to Our Lady &mdash; Aves to the Archbishop &mdash; Persecution of Protestants grows Hotter &mdash; Cradle of English Protestantism &mdash; Lessons to be Learned beside it.</td>
        The Papal Schism &mdash; Its Providential Purpose &mdash; Council of Pisa &mdash; Henry's Letter to the Pope &mdash; The King exhorts the Pope to Amendment &mdash; The Council of Pisa Deposes both Popes &mdash; Elects Alexander V. &mdash; The Schism not Healed &mdash; Protestantism in England continues to grow &mdash; Oxford Purged &mdash; A Catholic Revival &mdash; Aves to Our Lady &mdash; Aves to the Archbishop &mdash; Persecution of Protestants grows Hotter &mdash; Cradle of English Protestantism &mdash; Lessons to be Learned beside it.</td>
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       <td nowrap=""><a href="http://www.whatsaiththescripture.com/Voice/History.Protestant.v1.b7.html#CHAPTER 4">Chapter 4</td>
 
       <td nowrap=""><a href="http://www.whatsaiththescripture.com/Voice/History.Protestant.v1.b7.html#CHAPTER 4">Chapter 4</td>
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         The Burning Bush &ndash; Petition of Parliament &ndash; Redistribution of Ecclesiastical Property &ndash; Defence of Archbishop Arundel &ndash; The King stands by the Church &ndash; The Petition Presented a Second Time &ndash; Its Second Refusal &ndash; More Powerful Weapons than Royal Edicts &ndash; Richard II. Deposed &ndash; Henry IV. &ndash; Edict De Haeretico Comburendo &ndash; Griefs of the King &ndash; Calamities of the Country &ndash; Projected Crusade &ndash; Death of Henry IV.</td>
 
         The Burning Bush &ndash; Petition of Parliament &ndash; Redistribution of Ecclesiastical Property &ndash; Defence of Archbishop Arundel &ndash; The King stands by the Church &ndash; The Petition Presented a Second Time &ndash; Its Second Refusal &ndash; More Powerful Weapons than Royal Edicts &ndash; Richard II. Deposed &ndash; Henry IV. &ndash; Edict De Haeretico Comburendo &ndash; Griefs of the King &ndash; Calamities of the Country &ndash; Projected Crusade &ndash; Death of Henry IV.</td>
  
      <td nowrap=""><a href="http://www.whatsaiththescripture.com/Voice/History.Protestant.v1.b7.html#CHAPTER 5">Chapter 5</td>
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CHAPTER 5">Chapter 5<br>
      <td><b>TRIAL AND CONDEMNATION OF SIR JOHN OLDCASTLE.</b><br>
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<b>TRIAL AND CONDEMNATION OF SIR JOHN OLDCASTLE.</b><br>
        Henry V. &ndash; A Coronation and Tempest &ndash; Interpretations &ndash; Struggles for Liberty &ndash; Youth of Henry &ndash; Change on becoming King &ndash; Arundel his Evil Genius &ndash; Sir John Oldcastle &ndash; Becomes Lord Cobham by Marriage &ndash; Embraces Wicliffe's Opinions &ndash; Patronises the Lollard Preachers &ndash; Is Denounced by Arundel &ndash; Interview between Lord Cobham and the King-Summoned by the Archbishop &ndash; Citations Torn Down &ndash; Confession of his Faith &ndash; Apprehended &ndash; Brought before the Archbishop's Court-Examination &ndash; His Opinions on the Sacrament, Confession, the Pope, Images, the Church, etc. &ndash; His Condemnation as a Heretic &ndash; Forged Abjuration &ndash; He Escapes from the Tower.</td>
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Henry V. &ndash; A Coronation and Tempest &ndash; Interpretations &ndash; Struggles for Liberty &ndash; Youth of Henry &ndash; Change on becoming King &ndash; Arundel his Evil Genius &ndash; Sir John Oldcastle &ndash; Becomes Lord Cobham by Marriage &ndash; Embraces Wicliffe's Opinions &ndash; Patronises the Lollard Preachers &ndash; Is Denounced by Arundel &ndash; Interview between Lord Cobham and the King-Summoned by the Archbishop &ndash; Citations Torn Down &ndash; Confession of his Faith &ndash; Apprehended &ndash; Brought before the Archbishop's Court-Examination &ndash; His Opinions on the Sacrament, Confession, the Pope, Images, the Church, etc. &ndash; His Condemnation as a Heretic &ndash; Forged Abjuration &ndash; He Escapes from the Tower.</td>
  
      <td nowrap=""><a href="http://www.whatsaiththescripture.com/Voice/History.Protestant.v1.b7.html#CHAPTER 6">Chapter 6</td>
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CHAPTER 6">Chapter 6<br>
      <td><b>LOLLARDISM DENOUNCED AS TREASON.</b><br>
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<b>LOLLARDISM DENOUNCED AS TREASON.</b><br>
        Spread of Lollardism &ndash; Clergy Complain to the King &ndash; Activity of the Lollards &ndash; Accused of Plotting the Overthrow of the Throne and Commonwealth &ndash; Midnight Meeting of Lollards at St. Giles-in-the-Fields &ndash; Alarm of the King &ndash; He Attacks and Disperses the Assembly &ndash; Was it a Conspiracy or a Conventicle? &ndash; An Old Device Revived.</td>
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Spread of Lollardism &ndash; Clergy Complain to the King &ndash; Activity of the Lollards &ndash; Accused of Plotting the Overthrow of the Throne and Commonwealth &ndash; Midnight Meeting of Lollards at St. Giles-in-the-Fields &ndash; Alarm of the King &ndash; He Attacks and Disperses the Assembly &ndash; Was it a Conspiracy or a Conventicle? &ndash; An Old Device Revived.</td>
  
      <td nowrap=""><a href="http://www.whatsaiththescripture.com/Voice/History.Protestant.v1.b7.html#CHAPTER 7">Chapter 7</td>
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CHAPTER 7">Chapter 7<br>
      <td><b>MARTYRDOM OF LORD COBHAM.</b><br>
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<b>MARTYRDOM OF LORD COBHAM.</b><br>
        Imprisonments and Martyrdoms &ndash; Flight of Lollards to other Countries &ndash; Death of Archbishop Arundel-His Character &ndash; Lord Cobham &ndash; His Seizure in Wales by Lord Powis &ndash; Brought to London &ndash; Summoned before Parliament &ndash; Condemned on the Former Charge &ndash; Burned at St. Giles-in-the-Fields &ndash; His Christian Heroism &ndash; Which is the Greater Hero, Henry V. or Lord Cobham? &ndash; The World's True Benefactors &ndash; The Founders of England's Liberty and Greatness -The Seeds Sown -The Full Harvest to Come.</td>
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Imprisonments and Martyrdoms &ndash; Flight of Lollards to other Countries &ndash; Death of Archbishop Arundel-His Character &ndash; Lord Cobham &ndash; His Seizure in Wales by Lord Powis &ndash; Brought to London &ndash; Summoned before Parliament &ndash; Condemned on the Former Charge &ndash; Burned at St. Giles-in-the-Fields &ndash; His Christian Heroism &ndash; Which is the Greater Hero, Henry V. or Lord Cobham? &ndash; The World's True Benefactors &ndash; The Founders of England's Liberty and Greatness -The Seeds Sown -The Full Harvest to Come.</td>
  
 
       <td nowrap=""><a href="http://www.whatsaiththescripture.com/Voice/History.Protestant.v1.b7.html#CHAPTER 8">Chapter 8</td>
 
       <td nowrap=""><a href="http://www.whatsaiththescripture.com/Voice/History.Protestant.v1.b7.html#CHAPTER 8">Chapter 8</td>
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         Thomas Arundel succeeded by Henry Chicheley &ndash; The New Primate pursues the Policy of his Predecessor &ndash; Parliament at Leicester &ndash; More Stringent Ordinances against the Lollards &ndash; Appropriation of Ecclesiastical Possessions &ndash; Archbishop Chicheley Staves off the Proposal &ndash; Diverts the King's Mind to a War with France &ndash; Speech of the Archbishop &ndash; Henry V. falls into the Snare &ndash; Prepares an Expedition &ndash; Invades France &ndash; Agincourt &ndash; Second Descent on France &ndash; Henry becomes Master of Normandy &ndash; Returns to England &ndash; Third Invasion of France &ndash; Henry's Death &ndash; Dying Protestation &ndash; His Magnificent Funeral &ndash; His Character &ndash; Lollardism &ndash; More Martyrs &ndash; Claydon &ndash; New Edict against the Lollards &ndash; Henry VI. &ndash; Maltyrs in his Reign &ndash; William Taylor &ndash; William White &ndash; John Huss &ndash; Recantations.</td>
 
         Thomas Arundel succeeded by Henry Chicheley &ndash; The New Primate pursues the Policy of his Predecessor &ndash; Parliament at Leicester &ndash; More Stringent Ordinances against the Lollards &ndash; Appropriation of Ecclesiastical Possessions &ndash; Archbishop Chicheley Staves off the Proposal &ndash; Diverts the King's Mind to a War with France &ndash; Speech of the Archbishop &ndash; Henry V. falls into the Snare &ndash; Prepares an Expedition &ndash; Invades France &ndash; Agincourt &ndash; Second Descent on France &ndash; Henry becomes Master of Normandy &ndash; Returns to England &ndash; Third Invasion of France &ndash; Henry's Death &ndash; Dying Protestation &ndash; His Magnificent Funeral &ndash; His Character &ndash; Lollardism &ndash; More Martyrs &ndash; Claydon &ndash; New Edict against the Lollards &ndash; Henry VI. &ndash; Maltyrs in his Reign &ndash; William Taylor &ndash; William White &ndash; John Huss &ndash; Recantations.</td>
  
      <td nowrap=""><a href="http://www.whatsaiththescripture.com/Voice/History.Protestant.v1.b7.html#CHAPTER 9">Chapter 9</td>
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CHAPTER 9">Chapter 9<br>
      <td><b>ROME'S ATTEMPT TO REGAIN DOMINANCY IN ENGLAND.</b><br>
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<b>ROME'S ATTEMPT TO REGAIN DOMINANCY IN ENGLAND.</b><br>
 
         Henry VI. &ndash; His Infancy &ndash; Distractions of the Nation &ndash; The Romish Church becomes more Intolerant &ndash; New Festival &ndash; St. Dunstan's and St. George's Days &ndash; Indulgences at the Shrine of St. Edmund, etc. &ndash; Fresh Attempts by Rome to Regain Dominancy in England &ndash; What Led to these &ndash; Statutes of Provisors and Praemunire Denounced &ndash; Archbishop Chicheley Reprimanded for Permitting these Statutes to Exist &ndash; The Pope's Letter.</td>
 
         Henry VI. &ndash; His Infancy &ndash; Distractions of the Nation &ndash; The Romish Church becomes more Intolerant &ndash; New Festival &ndash; St. Dunstan's and St. George's Days &ndash; Indulgences at the Shrine of St. Edmund, etc. &ndash; Fresh Attempts by Rome to Regain Dominancy in England &ndash; What Led to these &ndash; Statutes of Provisors and Praemunire Denounced &ndash; Archbishop Chicheley Reprimanded for Permitting these Statutes to Exist &ndash; The Pope's Letter.</td>
  

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PROTESTANTISM IN ENGLAND, FROM THE TIMES OF WICLIFFE TO THOSE OF HENRY VIII.</font>

Chapter 1 THE FIRST PROTESTANT MARTYRS IN ENGLAND.
Two Sources of Protestantism — The Bible and the Holy Spirit — Wicliffe's Missionaries — Hopes of the Protestants — Petition Parliament for a reformation — England not yet ripe — The Movement Thrown Back — Richard II. Persecutes the Lollards — Richard Loses his Throne — Henry IV. Succeeds — Statute De Haeretico Comburendo — William Sawtrey — the First Martyr for Protestantism in England — Trial and Execution of John Badby — Conversation between the Prince of Wales and the Martyr at the Stake — Offered his Life — Refuses and Dies.</td> Chapter 2
THE THEOLOGY OF THE EARLY ENGLISH PROTESTANTS.
Protestant Preachers and Martyrs before Henry VIII.'s time — Their Theology — Inferior to that of the Sixteenth Century — The Central Truths clearly Seen — William Thorpe — Imprisoned — Dialogue between him and Archbishop Arundel — His Belief — His Views on the Sacrament — The Authority of Scripture — Is Threatened with a Stake — Christ Present in the Sacrament to Faith — Thorpe's Views on Image-Worship — Pilgrimage — Confession — Refuses to Submit — His Fate Unknown — Simplicity of Early English Theology — Convocation at Oxford to Arrest the Spread of Protestantism — Constitutions of Arundel — The Translation and Reading of the Scriptures Forbidden.

CHAPTER 5">Chapter 5
TRIAL AND CONDEMNATION OF SIR JOHN OLDCASTLE.
Henry V. – A Coronation and Tempest – Interpretations – Struggles for Liberty – Youth of Henry – Change on becoming King – Arundel his Evil Genius – Sir John Oldcastle – Becomes Lord Cobham by Marriage – Embraces Wicliffe's Opinions – Patronises the Lollard Preachers – Is Denounced by Arundel – Interview between Lord Cobham and the King-Summoned by the Archbishop – Citations Torn Down – Confession of his Faith – Apprehended – Brought before the Archbishop's Court-Examination – His Opinions on the Sacrament, Confession, the Pope, Images, the Church, etc. – His Condemnation as a Heretic – Forged Abjuration – He Escapes from the Tower.</td> CHAPTER 6">Chapter 6
LOLLARDISM DENOUNCED AS TREASON.
Spread of Lollardism – Clergy Complain to the King – Activity of the Lollards – Accused of Plotting the Overthrow of the Throne and Commonwealth – Midnight Meeting of Lollards at St. Giles-in-the-Fields – Alarm of the King – He Attacks and Disperses the Assembly – Was it a Conspiracy or a Conventicle? – An Old Device Revived.</td> CHAPTER 7">Chapter 7
MARTYRDOM OF LORD COBHAM.
Imprisonments and Martyrdoms – Flight of Lollards to other Countries – Death of Archbishop Arundel-His Character – Lord Cobham – His Seizure in Wales by Lord Powis – Brought to London – Summoned before Parliament – Condemned on the Former Charge – Burned at St. Giles-in-the-Fields – His Christian Heroism – Which is the Greater Hero, Henry V. or Lord Cobham? – The World's True Benefactors – The Founders of England's Liberty and Greatness -The Seeds Sown -The Full Harvest to Come.</td> CHAPTER 9">Chapter 9
ROME'S ATTEMPT TO REGAIN DOMINANCY IN ENGLAND.
Henry VI. – His Infancy – Distractions of the Nation – The Romish Church becomes more Intolerant – New Festival – St. Dunstan's and St. George's Days – Indulgences at the Shrine of St. Edmund, etc. – Fresh Attempts by Rome to Regain Dominancy in England – What Led to these – Statutes of Provisors and Praemunire Denounced – Archbishop Chicheley Reprimanded for Permitting these Statutes to Exist – The Pope's Letter.</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>

Chapter 3

GROWTH OF ENGLISH PROTESTANTISM.

The Papal Schism — Its Providential Purpose — Council of Pisa — Henry's Letter to the Pope — The King exhorts the Pope to Amendment — The Council of Pisa Deposes both Popes — Elects Alexander V. — The Schism not Healed — Protestantism in England continues to grow — Oxford Purged — A Catholic Revival — Aves to Our Lady — Aves to the Archbishop — Persecution of Protestants grows Hotter — Cradle of English Protestantism — Lessons to be Learned beside it.
<a href="http://www.whatsaiththescripture.com/Voice/History.Protestant.v1.b7.html#CHAPTER 4">Chapter 4 EFFORTS FOR THE REDISTRIBUTION OF ECCLESIASTICAL PROPERTY.
The Burning Bush – Petition of Parliament – Redistribution of Ecclesiastical Property – Defence of Archbishop Arundel – The King stands by the Church – The Petition Presented a Second Time – Its Second Refusal – More Powerful Weapons than Royal Edicts – Richard II. Deposed – Henry IV. – Edict De Haeretico Comburendo – Griefs of the King – Calamities of the Country – Projected Crusade – Death of Henry IV.
<a href="http://www.whatsaiththescripture.com/Voice/History.Protestant.v1.b7.html#CHAPTER 8">Chapter 8 LOLLARDISM UNDER HENRY V. AND HENRY VI.
Thomas Arundel succeeded by Henry Chicheley – The New Primate pursues the Policy of his Predecessor – Parliament at Leicester – More Stringent Ordinances against the Lollards – Appropriation of Ecclesiastical Possessions – Archbishop Chicheley Staves off the Proposal – Diverts the King's Mind to a War with France – Speech of the Archbishop – Henry V. falls into the Snare – Prepares an Expedition – Invades France – Agincourt – Second Descent on France – Henry becomes Master of Normandy – Returns to England – Third Invasion of France – Henry's Death – Dying Protestation – His Magnificent Funeral – His Character – Lollardism – More Martyrs – Claydon – New Edict against the Lollards – Henry VI. – Maltyrs in his Reign – William Taylor – William White – John Huss – Recantations.
<a href="http://www.whatsaiththescripture.com/Voice/History.Protestant.v1.b7.html#CHAPTER 10">Chapter 10 RESISTANCE TO PAPAL ENCROACHMENTS.
Embroilment of the Papaey – Why Angry with Archbishop Chicheley – A Former Offence – Advlses the King not to Receive a Legate-a-Latere – Powers of the Legate – Promise exacted of Legate Beaufort – Pope's Displeasure – -Holds the Statutes Void – Commands the Archbishop to Disobey them – Pope's Letter to Duke of Bedford – Chicheley advises Parliament to Repeal the Act – Parliament Refuses – The Pope resumes his Encroachments – Two Currents in England in the Fifteenth Century – Both Radically Protestant – The Evangelic Principle the Master-spring of all Activities then beginning in Society.
<a href="http://www.whatsaiththescripture.com/Voice/History.Protestant.v1.b7.html#CHAPTER 11">Chapter 11 INFLUENCE OF THE WARS OF THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY ON THE PROGRESS OF PROTESTANTISM.
Convulsions of the Fifteenth Century – Fall of Constantinople – Wars in Bohemia – in Italy – in Spain – in Switzerland – Wars of the Papal Schism – Was it Peace or War which the Popes gave to Christendom? – Wars originated by the Popes: the Crusades; the War of Investitures; the Albigensian and Waldensian Crusades; the Wars in Naples, Poland, etc.; the Feuds in Italy; the Hussite Campaigns, etc. – Wars of the Roses – Traced to the Council of Archbishop Chicheley – Providential End of the Wars of the Fifteenth Century – The Nobility Weakened – The Throne made Powerful – Why? – Hussitism and Lollardism.