Henry Viii Foreign

Question 1

Thomas Cromwell

Answer 1

•MP, lawyer, advisor
•suggested break from Rome
•chief minister

Question 2

Thomas Cramner

Answer 2

•Secretly Protestant but catholic priest. Humanist ideas
•archbishop of Canterbury
•white horse pub

Question 3

When was divorce decided

Answer 3

1515/16

Question 4

How did henry use the book of Leviticus as an excuse

Answer 4

Can’t take brothers wife. Cursed with no kids (about Catherine)
Didn’t apply unless sex

Question 5

Issues stopping divorce

Answer 5

•Catholicism and pope disapproved
•pope under Charles V control (Spain)

Question 6

What did Cromwell and Cramner suggest the Catholic Church was guilty of

Answer 6

1. Corruption
2. Anti-clericalism
3. Decline of monasticism

Question 7

1. Corruption of Catholic Church

Answer 7

•simony - illegally buying church positions
•pluralism - having multiple positions
•stealing money for work they didnt do

Question 8

2. Anti- clericalism

Answer 8

•Anti- clericalism - protest against powerful positions of church eg clergy
•1514 Richard Hunne dead in cell
•supplication of beggars by Simon fish

Question 9

3. Decline of monasticism

Answer 9

By 1520 people didn’t care for them
Wolsey closed 20