Chapter 7

Question 1

At the time, what was thought of the long-term viability of the Break from Rome

Answer 1

Many thought that once annulment had been sought, reconciliation would be found with Rome

Question 2

What did people think of the actions of the Reformation Parliament at the time, and so what would happen

Answer 2

Their actions would be temporary, so England would return to it’s previous relationship with Rome

Question 3

Why were bishops reluctant to challange Henry’s decision to break from Rome, despite not supporting it

Answer 3

• First Parlimentary session of 1534 meant Henry appointed bishops, so they were dependant on him
• Charged on permanurie and treason against Wolsey acted as a deterent

Question 4

What was Cromwell’s personal motivation for breaking from Rome

Answer 4

It would in turn increase his own power

Question 5

When did Thomas More resign as Chancellor and First Minister

Answer 5

Following the charges made of premanurie against clergymen

Question 6

What did the resignation of Thomas More enable Cromwell to do

Answer 6

Re-focus Parliamentary legislation away from placing pressures on the Pope, towards establishing an independant state

Question 7

When did Parlimentary legilsation transition from placing pressure on the Pope, to establishing an independant state

Answer 7

After the resignation of Thomas More, led by Cromwell

Question 8

Who was key for promoting arguments of support of the annulment between Henry and catherine

Answer 8

Cranmer

Question 9

Why was Cranmer so vital for Henry in seeking an annulment

Answer 9

Promoted intelectual justifications, whilst recognising Henry’s resistance to religious change, and his hatred of heretical ideas

Question 10

What did Cranmer produce that sought to prove English bishops had the right to pronounce without reference to Rome

Answer 10

The Collectanea Statis Capiosa

Question 11

What did The Collecteanea Statis Capiosa proove

Answer 11

English bishops had the right to pronounce without reference to Rome

Question 12

Following the Act of Supremacy, 1534, what happened to anyone who refused to swear an oath to Henry

Answer 12

They were declared a traitor and sentenced to death

Question 13

Why was Eustace Chapuys so important to Catherine

Answer 13

Advised her, and enabled her to maintain links with the Imperial Court

Question 14

Who was important to advise Catherine, and enable her to maintain links with the Imperial Court

Answer 14

Eustace Chapuys

Question 15

What position did Eustace Chapuys hold

Answer 15

Spanish Ambassador in England

Question 16

Aside from Eustace Chapuys, who were key figures in the aragonese faction

Answer 16

Sir Nicholas Carew, Sir Henry Guilford, Lords Darcey + Hussey

Question 17

What was the symbolic significance of Anne Boleyn’s coronation

Answer 17

Held on Pentecoste 1533, a very significant religious day, to show the people that God supported the Break from Rome

Question 18

Who was beheaded on 6th July 1533, for failing to take the oath recognising Henry as Supreme Head of the Church of England

Answer 18

Thomas More

Question 19

What was the punishment for the Carthusian Monks refusing to accept the oath, recognising Henry as Supreme Head of the Church of England

Answer 19

Dragged through London with their insides cut out, privates removed and inserted into their mouths, and then were beheaded, with their heads boiled and covered in tar

Question 20

What did Elizabeth Barton do, and what was the consequence

Answer 20

Admitted to making up visions that if Henry divorced Catherine, he would die shortly afterwards. She was hung at Tyburn in 1534

Question 21

What does the brutality that Henry took towards those who refused to sign the oath show

Answer 21

He was unwilling to compromise about the legitimacy of his marriage to Anne, and therefore the legitimacy of his children

Question 22

What shows how Henry was unwilling to compromise about the legitimacy of his marriage to Anne, and therefore the legitimacy of his children

Answer 22

The brutality he took in dealing with those who refused to take the oath