English Reformation & Henry VIII

Question 1

what is the English Reformation?

Answer 1

A movement in the 16th century where England broke away from the authority of the Pope and the Roman Catholic Church.

Question 2

who was Henry VIII?
- family
- religion

Answer 2

• second son of Henry VII
• very religious
  went pilgrimage regularly
  mass 5x a day
  as he was guaranteed a spot in the Church
• married his brother’s widow; Katherine of Aragon, Spanish princess in 1509

Question 3

what was Henry VIII awarded and why?

Answer 3

Given the title ‘Defender of Faith’ by Pope in 1521

Wrote a book defending the Catholic faith against the 95 Theses, by Martin Luther

Question 4

why did Henry VIII want to divorce Katherine?

Answer 4

• wanted a son to continue the Tudor line, but only had a daughter, Mary with Katherine by 1516
  thought God was punishing him for marrying his brother’s widow, so wanted to end the marriage

Question 5

what was the process of his annulment?

Answer 5

• 1527 fell in love with Anne Boleyn, she didn’t want an affair and he wanted to marry her
• 1527 sent his archbishop Wolsey to the Pope to ask for annulment

Question 6

what was the outcome of the annulment?

Answer 6

• the Pope refused as marriage was legal
• held prisoner by Katherine’s nephew, he didn’t want Henry to humiliate Katherine
• decided to leave the Catholic Church as a way to leave Katherine

Question 7

what were the other reasons for Henry wanting to leave the Catholic?

Answer 7

• wanted to leave Katherine, to have a son with Anne
• The church takes money from England in taxes for the Pope & Henry wanted that
• more people were falling towards the Protestant faith and it was spreading everywhere, like in Germany, they began throwing Catholic & reforming their own

Question 8

why did Henry VIII break away from the Pope and establish the Church of England?

Answer 8

• Henry didn’t want to wait for the Pope & annulled his own marriage with Katherine
• Henry was sleeping with Anne, and she got pregnant in 1533, had to marry Anne quickly, or else the child wouldn’t inherit thrown after birth
• Admist the Catholic corruption and Protestants complaints, Henry didn’t agree but was determined for male heir
• Henry made himself Supreme head in 1533, of the new Church of England, which was Protestant using the parliament

Question 9

what did Henry do after becoming Supreme Leader and marrying Anne?

Answer 9

• bullied anyone who opposed his break from the Catholic Church
• executed previous trusted men
• got rid of his old archbishop Wolsey and got a new Protestant archbishop, Cranmar
• closed all monasteries & convents in England and took the money and land