Henry VIII

Question 1

RELIGIOUS CHANGES: Act of Supremacy

Answer 1

Nov 1534
Declared Henry VIII as supreme head of the Church of England
Separated England from Papal Authority and ecclesiastical links to Rome

Question 2

Dissolution Acts

Answer 2

Smaller monasteries- Feb 1536
Larger monasteries- 1538

Question 3

Act in Restraint of Appeals

Answer 3

1533
Public couldn’t appeal to the Pope against Henry’s rulings of the Church
“The realm of England is an Empire”

Question 4

Act in Restraint of Annates

Answer 4

1532
Allowed only 5% of money normally remitted to Rome
(Annates = church taxes, collected in England and sent to Rome)

Question 5

Kings Book

Answer 5

1543
“A necessary doctrine for any Christian man”
Re-writing of the Bishops book*

Question 6

*Bishops Book

Answer 6

1537
Expounded the Creed, sacraments, decalogue, lords prayer, hail mary.
Also dealt with questions disputed between C of E and RC Church.

Question 7

Act of Ten Articles

Answer 7

1536
Written by Thomas Cranmer
Promoted Protestant ideas and challenged Catholic beliefs such as purgatory.

Question 8

Act of Six Articles

Answer 8

1539
Affirmed 6 key Catholic beliefs and their denial was made punishable by law.

Question 9

Execution of John Lambert

Answer 9

1538
English protestant martyr
Burned to death for heresy
final words: “None but Christ”