Ralegh and The Book of Common Prayer...

Sir Walter Ralegh was important person in history. Also many questions raise up about whether or not Ralegh and Queen Elizabeth were romantically linked. Ralegh was rose up in the ranks through government through the court. Many might not know, that Ralegh was in charge of setting up the first colonization attempt in North America. Ralegh dislikes the Spanish and feels that their navies pose a potential threat to England's expansion and the monarchy. Like most of the historical figures of this time period were involved in the arts of the Renaissance, Ralegh was a successful poet to. Ralegh wrote a poem called "The Nymph's Reply to the Shepard" in response to Christopher Marlowe "The Passionate Shepherd" was a criticism. When English throne went to the Stuarts of Scotland, Ralegh was thrown in jail by James I with charges of treason, eventually Ralegh was executed.

The Book of Common Prayer was product of the early English Reformation, brought up by Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer. Looking at the actual text was amazing and hard to understand. This important document set the stages for binding Matrimony and Communion. I know both these order are especially important in today's standards among protestants. With these Order's, it helped strengthen the church institutions in England and built a strong support in the English Reformation.