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Professor
and vicar at Oxford, Jewel stood firmly on the
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side of the
Reformation during the reign of Edward VI
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(1547-53).
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During
Mary’s reign (1553-58), in fear for his life, he
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initially signed
a document professing Roman Catholic
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beliefs, but
quickly renounced this and fled to Germany.
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There
he came further under the influence of several of
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the more moderate
Continental reformers, particularly
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the Italian Peter
Martyr, his mentor at Oxford.
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Upon
Elizabeth’s accession, Jewel returned to England
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in 1559 and was
soon consecrated Bishop of Salisbury.
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