diff --git a/Parsedown.php b/Parsedown.php
index bf08700..d7337a5 100644
--- a/Parsedown.php
+++ b/Parsedown.php
@@ -723,7 +723,7 @@ class Parsedown
             return;
         }
 
-        if (preg_match('/^<(\w[\w-]*)(?:[ ]*'.$this->regexHtmlAttribute.')*[ ]*(\/)?>/', $Line['text'], $matches))
+        if (preg_match('/^<[\/]?+(\w*)(?:[ ]*'.$this->regexHtmlAttribute.')*[ ]*(\/)?>/', $Line['text'], $matches))
         {
             $element = strtolower($matches[1]);
 
@@ -734,71 +734,20 @@ class Parsedown
 
             $Block = array(
                 'name' => $matches[1],
-                'depth' => 0,
                 'markup' => $Line['text'],
             );
 
-            $length = strlen($matches[0]);
-
-            $remainder = substr($Line['text'], $length);
-
-            if (trim($remainder) === '')
-            {
-                if (isset($matches[2]) or in_array($matches[1], $this->voidElements))
-                {
-                    $Block['closed'] = true;
-
-                    $Block['void'] = true;
-                }
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                if (isset($matches[2]) or in_array($matches[1], $this->voidElements))
-                {
-                    return;
-                }
-
-                if (preg_match('/<\/'.$matches[1].'>[ ]*$/i', $remainder))
-                {
-                    $Block['closed'] = true;
-                }
-            }
-
             return $Block;
         }
     }
 
     protected function blockMarkupContinue($Line, array $Block)
     {
-        if (isset($Block['closed']))
+        if (isset($Block['closed']) or isset($Block['interrupted']))
         {
             return;
         }
 
-        if (preg_match('/^<'.$Block['name'].'(?:[ ]*'.$this->regexHtmlAttribute.')*[ ]*>/i', $Line['text'])) # open
-        {
-            $Block['depth'] ++;
-        }
-
-        if (preg_match('/(.*?)<\/'.$Block['name'].'>[ ]*$/i', $Line['text'], $matches)) # close
-        {
-            if ($Block['depth'] > 0)
-            {
-                $Block['depth'] --;
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                $Block['closed'] = true;
-            }
-        }
-
-        if (isset($Block['interrupted']))
-        {
-            $Block['markup'] .= "\n";
-
-            unset($Block['interrupted']);
-        }
-
         $Block['markup'] .= "\n".$Line['body'];
 
         return $Block;
diff --git a/test/ParsedownTest.php b/test/ParsedownTest.php
index cc0cc1d..2f58418 100644
--- a/test/ParsedownTest.php
+++ b/test/ParsedownTest.php
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ class ParsedownTest extends TestCase
         parent::__construct($name, $data, $dataName);
     }
 
-    private $dirs, $Parsedown;
+    private $dirs;
+    protected $Parsedown;
 
     /**
      * @return array
diff --git a/test/data/markup_consecutive_one.html b/test/data/markup_consecutive_one.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d4c5005
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/data/markup_consecutive_one.html
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<div>Markup</div>
+_No markdown_ without blank line for **strict** compliance with CommonMark.
+<p><strong>Markdown</strong></p>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/data/markup_consecutive_one.md b/test/data/markup_consecutive_one.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..18b4dcb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/data/markup_consecutive_one.md
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<div>Markup</div>
+_No markdown_ without blank line for **strict** compliance with CommonMark.
+
+**Markdown**
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/data/markup_consecutive_one_line.html b/test/data/markup_consecutive_one_line.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a89b4fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/data/markup_consecutive_one_line.html
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<div>One markup on
+two lines</div>
+_No markdown_
+<p><strong>Markdown</strong></p>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/data/markup_consecutive_one_line.md b/test/data/markup_consecutive_one_line.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..daf945a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/data/markup_consecutive_one_line.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<div>One markup on
+two lines</div>
+_No markdown_
+
+**Markdown**
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/data/markup_consecutive_one_stripped.html b/test/data/markup_consecutive_one_stripped.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ccc01f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/data/markup_consecutive_one_stripped.html
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<div><p>Stripped markup</p></div>
+_No markdown_
+<p><strong>Markdown</strong></p>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/data/markup_consecutive_one_stripped.md b/test/data/markup_consecutive_one_stripped.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7f8df0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/data/markup_consecutive_one_stripped.md
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<div><p>Stripped markup</p></div>
+_No markdown_
+
+**Markdown**
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/data/markup_consecutive_two.html b/test/data/markup_consecutive_two.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f7e71c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/data/markup_consecutive_two.html
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<div>First markup</div><p>and second markup on the same line.</p>
+_No markdown_
+<p><strong>Markdown</strong></p>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/data/markup_consecutive_two.md b/test/data/markup_consecutive_two.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..83f3af7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/data/markup_consecutive_two.md
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<div>First markup</div><p>and second markup on the same line.</p>
+_No markdown_
+
+**Markdown**
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/data/markup_consecutive_two_lines.html b/test/data/markup_consecutive_two_lines.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ffa4728
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/data/markup_consecutive_two_lines.html
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<div>First markup</div><p>and partial markup
+on two lines.</p>
+_No markdown_
+<p><strong>Markdown</strong></p>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/data/markup_consecutive_two_lines.md b/test/data/markup_consecutive_two_lines.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dc70bb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/data/markup_consecutive_two_lines.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<div>First markup</div><p>and partial markup
+on two lines.</p>
+_No markdown_
+
+**Markdown**
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/data/markup_consecutive_two_stripped.html b/test/data/markup_consecutive_two_stripped.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..707d6be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/data/markup_consecutive_two_stripped.html
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<div><p>Stripped markup
+on two lines</p></div>
+_No markdown_
+<p><strong>Markdown</strong></p>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/data/markup_consecutive_two_stripped.md b/test/data/markup_consecutive_two_stripped.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..af5b781
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/data/markup_consecutive_two_stripped.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<div><p>Stripped markup
+on two lines</p></div>
+_No markdown_
+
+**Markdown**
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/data/self-closing_html.md b/test/data/self-closing_html.md
index acb2032..61d16a3 100644
--- a/test/data/self-closing_html.md
+++ b/test/data/self-closing_html.md
@@ -1,12 +1,18 @@
 <hr>
+
 paragraph
 <hr/>
+
 paragraph
 <hr />
+
 paragraph
 <hr class="foo" id="bar" />
+
 paragraph
 <hr class="foo" id="bar"/>
+
 paragraph
 <hr class="foo" id="bar" >
+
 paragraph
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/data/sparse_html.html b/test/data/sparse_html.html
index 9e89627..6e0213f 100644
--- a/test/data/sparse_html.html
+++ b/test/data/sparse_html.html
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 <div>
 line 1
-
-line 2
-line 3
-
-line 4
+<p>line 2
+line 3</p>
+<p>line 4</p>
 </div>
\ No newline at end of file