Religious Changes

Question 1

What event occurred in 1530?

Answer 1

William Tyndale’s Bible was burnt.

Question 2

What was the First Act of Annates (1532)?

Answer 2

This banned the payment of annate (the first year of revenues by new anointed bishops to the Pope).

Question 3

What was the Supplication of the Ordinaries (1532)?

Answer 3

Clergy were to enact no Church law without royal permission.

Question 4

What was the Submission of the Clergy (1533)?

Answer 4

The clergy accepted the King and not the Pope as their lawmaker.

Question 5

What did the Act in Restraint of Appeals To Rome (1533) do?

Answer 5

Began transferring Papal powers to the King; Rome had no power to rule over marriage cases.

Question 6

What was established by the Act of Supremacy (1534)?

Answer 6

Henry was declared Supreme Head of the Church of England.

Question 7

What was the Treason Act (1534)?

Answer 7

Treason could be in word as well as deed.

Question 8

What did the Act for First Fruits and Tenths (1535) change?

Answer 8

Clerical taxes were now to go to the King, not the Pope.

Question 9

What role did Cromwell take on in 1535?

Answer 9

Cromwell was made Vice-gerent in Spirituals, outranking archbishops and bishops.

Question 10

What was the Valor Ecclesiasticus (1536)?

Answer 10

Cromwell’s survey into the wealth and condition of the Church.

Question 11

What happened to the Lesser Monasteries (1536)?

Answer 11

The smaller monasteries (under £200) were closed down.

Question 12

What was the significance of the Act of Ten Articles (1536)?

Answer 12

The seven sacraments of Catholic doctrine were rejected, leaving a belief in only three: baptism, Eucharist, and penance.

Question 13

What were the Royal Injunctions issued by Cromwell (1536)?

Answer 13

Ordered the clergy to defend the Royal Supremacy in sermons and abandon pilgrimages.

Question 14

What was restored in the Bishops Book (1537)?

Answer 14

Restored the four sacraments omitted from the Ten Articles but given a lower status.

Question 15

What year were the Royal Injunctions to the clergy issued by Cromwell?

Answer 15

1538

Question 16

Who was tried and executed for rejecting transubstantiation?

Answer 16

John Lambert

Question 17

Which Pope excommunicated Henry VIII?

Answer 17

Pope Paul III

Question 18

What significant Bible was published during Henry VIII’s reign?

Answer 18

The ‘Great Bible’

Question 19

What was the Act of Six Articles?

Answer 19

An Act that confirmed transubstantiation, private masses, and the hearing of confessions by priests, while banning marriage of priests and communion for both kinds.

Question 20

What did the Act for the Dissolution of the Greater Monasteries accomplish?

Answer 20

It led to the closure of all monasteries and the transfer of their land to the Crown.

Question 21

What year did Henry marry Anne of Cleves?

Answer 21

1540

Question 22

What happened to Cromwell in 1540?

Answer 22

Cromwell was executed.

Question 23

What occurred after Henry’s marriage to Anne of Cleves?

Answer 23

The marriage was annulled after 6 months, and Henry married Catherine Howard.

Question 24

Who was protected by Henry against the Catholic faction?

Answer 24

Cranmer

Question 25

What was the Act for The Advancement of True Religion?

Answer 25

An Act that restricted access to the English Bible to upperclassmen and noblewomen.

Question 26

What is the Kings Book?

Answer 26

A revised version of the Bishops Book, largely conservative but with some Lutheran hints.

Question 27

What is the English litany?

Answer 27

The part of the Church service where the priest and congregation make requests to God.

Question 28

Who was appointed tutor to Prince Edward?

Answer 28

Sir John Cheke

Question 29

What was the Chantries Act?

Answer 29

An Act that allowed for the dissolution of chantries, although it was not enforced.

Question 30

What happened to Anne Aske?

Answer 30

She was burned for denying transubstantiation.

Question 31

What was significant about the English Bible during this period?

Answer 31

It was to be placed in all parishes within two years, and people were actively discouraged from pilgrimage.

Question 32

What was the consequence of denying transubstantiation?

Answer 32

It led to automatic burning.

Question 33

Who was the sister of the Protestant Duke of Cleves?

Answer 33

Anne of Cleves

Question 34

Who was the daughter of the Catholic Duke of Norfolk?

Answer 34

Catherine Howard

Question 35

What was the role of John Cheke?

Answer 35

He was a Protestant humanist.