reformation- key events Flashcards
1530
clergy accused, and later fined, for praemunire
increased Protestantism
1532
January, Parliament banned the payments of annates (a tax going to the Pope)
March, Cromwell called on to investigate the abuses of the clergy. Supplication of the Ordinaries - meant Henry could revise any Church law
1534
March
Act of succession- Mary now illegitimate
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Act for the Submission of the Clergy - prevents contact with the pope
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Act of Supremacy- control of doctrine and belief now
1536
Feb
Dissolution of Lesser Monasteries- conservative
Act of Ten Articles
1539
June
Act for Dissolution of Larger Monasteries
Act of Six Articles
1540
Jan
Marries Anne of Cleves
G.W Bernard
suggests that Henry had no particular interest in Monasteries so had no reason to spare them
1533
Act of Restraint of Appeals - prevents appeals to pope on religious matters. Foreign powers now can’t interfere
1529
Parliament voice anti-Clerical feelings - later Wolsey was dismissed, as he was an epitome of clerical abuses
Anne’s influence
provided Henry with anti-Papal texts by Tyndale, Simon Fish and Christopher St. German - these stated that the king should government the church
1533
Henry secretly married Anne Boleyn and Henry became the supreme head of the Church in England
between 1533-36
a series of Acts of Parliament defined the nature and organisation of the Church in England. These laws systematically stripped away the Pope’s control and transferred power in key areas to the King - for example, Act of Supremacy 1534
causes for Break with Rome
desire for a male heir, love for Anne, role of Boleyn faction, Henry’s own conscience, desire for power and increase in revenue
Act of Six Articles
1540 - brought an end to the Protestant changes and reintroduced a strongly catholic interpretation into Church services amongst other changes
Fall of Cromwell
1540
seemed to mark a new stage in developments
