46. Q. What three names are prominent in the first period of the English Reformation? A. Colet, Sir Thomas More, and Cranmer. 47. Q. What was the most powerful single agency in bringing about the English Reformation? A. The publication of the Bible in the language of the people. 48. Q. What followed the ascension of Mary to the throne of England? A. A violent persecution of the Protestants, during which, it is estimated, about eight hundred persons were burned at the stake. 49. Q. What faith did Elizabeth, the successor of Mary, recognize as national? A. Protestantism. 50. Q. From what sect did the puritan Pilgrims of America come? A. The Brownist sect. 51. Q. Who was the first Protestant leader in Scotland? A. Patrick Hamilton. He suffered martyrdom. 52. Q. Who was the natural successor to Hamilton? A. John Knox. By the time of his death the triumph of the Scotch Reformation was complete. 53. Q. What was the chief aim of the Brothers of the Common Life, a society of the Netherlands, founded in 1384? A. To improve the morals of the people, and looked intently upon a thorough reform. 54. Q. What preparation was there for the Reformation in the Netherlands? A. In no land was there such a complete and popular preparation for the Reformation as in the Netherlands. 55. Q. What character did the Reformation assume in the Netherlands? A. A political character. 56. Q. What order against all sympathy with the Protestant cause was made binding upon the Netherlands? A. The Edict of Worms. 57. Q. Who, of Rotterdam, belongs to the front rank of reformers? A. Erasmus. 58. Q. How alone was Erasmus important as a Reformer? A. As a profound and versatile scholar. 59. Q. What is one of the most unpleasant chapters in the history of the Reformation? A. The unfraternal relationship between Erasmus and Luther. 60. Q. From what did the real danger to the French Protestants come? A. From a firm alliance between the authorities at Rome and the French throne. 61. Q. What were the Protestants in France called? A. Huguenots. 62. Q. What great massacre of the Protestants took place in France on the 24th of August, 1572? A. The Massacre of St. Bartholomew. 63. Q. By whom were the Italians prepared to give hearty credence to the new doctrines of the Reformation? A. Savonarola. 64. Q. What causes led to the failure of the Reformation in the Spanish Peninsula? A. Protestantism was largely a measure of scholars and thinkers, while the persistent energy of the Spanish authorities, reinforced from Rome, made thorough work of suppression. 65. Q. In what was the groundwork of Protestantism in the three Scandinavian countries—Sweden, Denmark, and Norway—already laid? A. In the dissatisfaction of the people with the prevailing order of civil and ecclesiastical government. 66. Q. Into what two Scandinavian countries was the Reformation introduced and formally adopted? A. Sweden and Norway. 67. Q. Who was the great reformer of Bohemia? A. John Huss.