The Dawn of Modern England, being a History of the Reformation in England, 1509-1525

Some German historians, as the reader is aware, have tried to find or fashion links that will in some direct and obvious manner connect the Reform and the Reception.In one popular version of the tale (Janssen) Protestantism finds a con- genial ally in the individualism and capitalism of the pagan digest.In truth I take it that the story is complex.'That the history of the Reformation is com- plex one need not doubt, but it seemed neces- sary, highly necessary, to see if there was not ^English Law and the Renaissance, p, 11. DAWN OF MODERN ENGLANDA French statesman ^could publicly declare that Protestantism was the first form of liberty in modern times.Dr. Lindsay says, ' While underlying all, there was the beginning of the assertion of the supreme right of indi- vidual revolt against every custom, law or theory which would subordinate the man to the caste or class.' ^But Janssen could point out, ' There was no question of serfdom ; it was unknown before the sixteenth centiu'y ' ; ând again : ' So long as the principles of the canon law and of its outgrowth, the German secular law, were adhered to, national political life continued to flourish in Germany.It was the casting aside of these principles that caused the ruin of the working classes and the rise of the proletariat of latter times.' ^Professor Pollard points out how the Reformation helped the formation of royal despotism, ^and Dr.Mackinnon that 'Lutheranism became a religion of subordination, political nullity, for the "common man."' ^M.Baudrillart makes the Reformation a forming of an idea of Christian life all individualistic and founded on free

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