Crown, church and parliament Flashcards
Church State Relations
Influenced politics and government through parliament
Relations were harmonious until Break from Rome
Laws passed by Henry VII relating to the church
Henry passed laws tightening controls over who could claim benefit of the clergy - not an attack on church powers instead an attempt to ensure clergy claimants were genuine
Tensions between Henry VII and the Church
Henry cautious to uphold the traditional privileges of the Church except when they threatened his power e.g. overriding sanctuary laws to arrest Humphrey Stattford who plotted to rebel in 1486
Harmony between Henry VII and the Church
Henry VII needed the support of the church as this equated to support from God for his victory at Bosworth
Relations with the Church before 1529
remained cordial as Henry regarded himself as a loyal catholic and published a book ‘The Defence of the Seven Sacraments) in support if the Catholic Church attacking reformer ideas of Martin Luther
Awarded the title ‘Defender of the Faith’ by the Pope
Church’s power before 1529
Biggest landowner in England
retained its prominent part in the everyday life of people – salvation through the seven sacraments
main source of education and learning and key source of alms for the poor,
Background to AOS - laws passed
Act in Conditional Restraint of Annates 1532
Act of Submission of the Clergy 1533
Act in the Restraint of Appeals 1533
Act in Conditional Restraint of Annates
1532 - temporary stop to payments to Rome
Act of Submission of the Clergy
1533 - church could no longer pass cannon laws and call convocation without the permission of the king - forced to aceept the king’s authority
Act in the Restraint of Appeals 1533
stripped the Church of legal power by stopping the legal appeals so citizens could no longer take legal cases to the pope
Act of Supremacy 1534
Confirmed Henry VIII as the head of the English Church under English law
Significance of AOS 1534
Henry had already been the head of the church for over a year, it could be argued that it’s significance was limited - under way in 1522-33 with the Submission of the Clergy and Act in Restraint of Appeals
Relationship between Church and State during Henry VIII’s reign
AOS - turning point in the relationship = reinforced royal control over the English Church and ensured the allegiance of the clergy to Henry VIII not the papacy
dissolution of the monasteries between 1536-1539
Changes to the Church under Henry VIII - summary
The Act of Ten Articles 1536
Injunctions to the clergy
return to traditional Catholic beliefs through Act of six articles in 1539
Changes to the Church under Henry VIII - Act of 10 articles
The Act of Ten Articles (1536) – mostly Catholic, changes sacraments necessary for salvation from seven to three,
Changes to the Church under Henry VIII - Injunctions to the clergy
1536/38 –discouraged superstitious practises such as pilgrimages.
Changes to the Church under Henry VIII - return to traditional Catholic beliefs
Return to traditional Catholic beliefs with 1539 Act of Six Articles reinforced Catholic doctrines on transubstantiation and celibacy for priest
However never any suggestion that England should return to Rome, and Henry indeed retained his supremacy over the English Church
Significance of AOS 1534
set precedent that any ruler that wished to alter/reverse the doctrine regarding the church, could only do so through parliament
Changes to Church doctrine under Edward
1549 Act of uniformity
New book of common prayer 1552
42 articles 1552
1549 Act of uniformity
Introduced Thomas Cranmer’s new English Book of Common Prayer
New Book of Prayer 1552
More Protestant version of the Common Book of Prayer – moved away from transubstantiation towards a more protestant version which denied the real presence