Henry VIII

Question 1

Foreign Policy- France

Answer 1

Attempted war 3 times: 1512 (victory at the Battle of Spurs), 1521, 1544.

Field of Cloth of Gold 1520

Question 2

Foreign Policy- Scotland

Answer 2

King James VI killed at Battle of Flodden Field in 1513

Victory at the Battle of Solway Moss in 1542

Question 3

Foreign Policy- Spain

Answer 3

Marriage to Catherine of Aragon 1509-1533- very powerful alliance

Annulment of marriage in 1533 turns Spain into an enemy

Question 4

Foreign Policy- Rome

Answer 4

Break from Rome 1534

Pope excommunicates Henry in 1538

Question 5

Foreign Policy- aims

Answer 5

Establish himself a legacy as a “Warrior King”. Very little interest in trade and exploration (left trade issues to his ministers)

Question 6

Succession- 1516

Answer 6

Catherine of Aragon gives birth to Mary I

Question 7

Succession- 1533

Answer 7

1st Act of Succession- Mary declared illegitimate and removed from line of succession

Anne Boleyn gives birth to Elizabeth I

Question 8

Succession- 1536

Answer 8

2nd Act of Succession- Elizabeth I declared illegitimate and removed from line of succession

Question 9

Succession- 1537

Answer 9

Jane Seymour gives birth to Edward VI (dies in childbirth)

Question 10

Succession- 1543

Answer 10

3rd Act of Succession- Henry has had no more children so Mary and Elizabeth are re-legitimised and put back into the succesion

Question 11

Succession- 1547

Answer 11

Henry dies- Edward takes the throne as the male heir- Mary is to succeed him as eldest daughter and Elizabeth next as the youngest daughter (should Edward not have any sons)

Question 12

Reasons (prioritised) for the reformation

Answer 12

Henry’s wishes to divorce Catherine of Aragon and marry Anne Boleyn
Power
Wealth
Abuses of the clergy
Religious reasoning

Question 13

Act in Restraint of Annates

Answer 13

1532- All money that previously went to Rome as donations to the Church would now go to Henry

Question 14

Act in Restraint of Appeals

Answer 14

1533- Catholics cannot appeal to the Pope to overturn Henry’s religious rulings

Question 15

Break from Rome

Answer 15

1534- the English Church is no longer under the Pope’s jurisdiction

Question 16

Act of Supremacy

Answer 16

1534- Henry is “The Supreme Head of the Church of England”

Question 17

Dissolution of the Monasteries

Answer 17

1536-38- Monasteries across England were dissolved giving Henry more wealth and land

Question 18

10 Articles of Faith

Answer 18

1536- slight move towards a more Protestant Church

Question 19

Key Ministers- Cardinal Wolsey

Answer 19

1509-1532- increased use of star chamber and led war with France. Failed to get marriage with Catherine of Aragon annulled which led to him being removed.

Question 20

Key ministers- Thomas Cromwell

Answer 20

1532-1540-lawyer. Engineered break with Rome and the prosecution and execution of Anne Boleyn for adultery.

Question 21

Key Ministers- Thomas Cranmer

Answer 21

1532-1556. Archbishop of Canterbury. Allowed annulment of Catherine of Aragon