Elizabethan Religious History by Henry Soames 1839, published by John W. Parker - London 637pp Elizabethan Religious History (1839) by Henry Soames is an authoritative 19th-century history tracking the consolidation of the Church of England under Queen Elizabeth I. It details the legal, political, and theological creation of the 1559 Elizabethan Religious Settlement. The text examines the bitter institutional struggles between the established Church, Roman Catholic recusants, and rising Puritan factions. Condition: See all photographs as part of the condition. Some wear externally in line with age/use but overall, a good copy.