The Reformation and the Linguistic Tension at Work

Mary intended to return england to the catholic fold, and the first step was to allow the return of the catholic imagery and rituals that had been banned during her brother's reign. Almost immediately, people started to put images of saints and the virgin mary back in the places where they had been removed a few years earlier. Altars and crucifixes started to reappear in the churches of london,. The traditional catholic prayers were recited again, and mass was once again delivered in latin.