break from rome

Question 1

what were the acts of parliament allow for the break of rome

Answer 1

• The Act of Restraint of Appeals in 1533
• The Act of Supremacy of November 1534
• The Act of Succession in April 1534
• The Treason Act of November 1534
• The Act of Annexing the First Fruits and Tenths of November 1534
• The Dissolution of the Monasteries also strengthened Henry’s power.

Question 2

what was the act of restraint appeals

Answer 2

1533 declared that appeals could not be made to Rome regarding Church court decisions in matrimonial cases and others. This meant Catherine could not appeal to Rome against her marriage annulment.

Question 3

what was the act of supremacy

Answer 3

November 1534 gave legislative force to the royal supremacy. This act accomplished the break from Rome.

Question 4

what did the act of succession declare

Answer 4

April 1534v Henry’s marriage to Catherine was void.

The succession would pass to the children of his marriage to Anne.

v To deny the validity of Henry’s marriage to Anne was treason.

v An oath should be taken to affirm an individual’s acceptance of the new marriage.

Question 5

what was the terason act

Answer 5

november 1534
tightened so that treason could be committed by speaking as well as by deed or writing. It would be treasonable to declare that the king was a tyrant or heretic. One of its victims was Sir Thomas More who was executed in 1535 for denying the royal supremacy.

Question 6

what was the act of annexing the first fruits and tenths

Answer 6

November 1534 meant that the annates that had been paid to the Pope were now paid to the Crown. This strengthened the royal supremacy