In a period when political and religious ideas were enmeshed and differences entrenched, the ascension of a Protestant Queen to a religiously confused nation was precarious. ... After the extremes of the two previous reigns, Mary (Catholic) and Edward VI (Protestant) Elizabeth deliberately tried to follow the "Middle Way" between the two beliefs. ... As had hoped, many Catholics accepted Elizabeth's "Middle Way‟. ... Catholic rituals continued to be practiced within a minority of parish churches, accounts suggest that a number of churches retained their catholic altars a...

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