Henry VIII Flashcards
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Act of Supremacy
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1) Act of the Supremacy 1534
- When Henry secretly married Anne, he was excommunicated from the Church
- The act made Tudors and their heirs supreme head of the church in England
- there was no pope authority, therefore Henry could freely divorce Catherine of Aragon
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Treaty of London
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- Treaty of London 1518
- England was unable to compete with France and Spain
- Wolsey in 1518 arranged each country to sign a peace treaty with England
- Henry became part of European politics and and removed English isolation from them
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Field of Cloth of Gold
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- Diplomatic meeting between Henry and Francis
- A fortnight feasting with no expenses as both kings wanted to show off
- it was impressive. Yet! No agreements were made
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War against France
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- Happened in 1522
- Henry declared war with Charles and Duke of Bourbone against France
- However, Charles and Bourbon troops ne’er showed up
- Charles used English to distract French so he can defeat them in their one- to - one Battle of Pavia ( Italy )
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Early Life of Henry VIII
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- Well educated in foreign languages, history, astronomy and arithmetics
- he was thought a number of musical instruments
- skilled sportsman
- ## had been familiar with humanistic ideas, development in education, drama and music, new art and architecture
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Dissolution of the monasteries
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- Happened in 1535
- The Crown took the land that monasteries were stood on and the goods and riches inside them were sold
- The monasteries were disbanded, Henry took their income and used many to fund wars and pay off the debts this was known as Dissolution of the monasteries
- Despite brooking from Rome, Henry was never Protestant himself
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Henry VIII problems and solutions to them
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Problems :
- Curropted and wealthy Church ( indulgences = buying of the the place in purgantary by praying for the people sins )
- Catherine gave daughter and not a son
- Pope refused to give divorce
- Henry was running out of money due to high cancellation of the wars in Europe
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Solutions :
- Martin Luther = Protestantism ( Bible should be in English )
- Act of Supremacy ( 1533 )
- Dissolution of the monasteries ( 1535 )
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The fall of Wolsey
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- Henry ( forbade a second marriage in the same generation ), Wolsey ( Pope Chlamnet, man could marry his brothers wife if she childless )
- Pope called the case October 1529 ( understandable that no divorce )
- Henry thought that denial in marriage was became of Boleyn George fiction that Wolsey wants a Papal position
- Wolsey was arrested of PARAMUNIE
- 1530 died on the journey
- One of the reasons why Pope refused due to Charles VI who became the new HRE and had take the control over the Rome and he was a Catherine nephew
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Piligramige of Grace
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- Yorkshire October 1536 ( Lincolnshire )
- North of the England was strongly catholic and due to dissolution the church were destroyed
- “ Kings Great Matter “ - term discussed complications with divorce with Catherine
- Rebellion could get support from other countries due to being highly catholic
- Not localised in one area rather than vast majority of the North
- 2nd December 1536 Duke of Norfolk met Robert Aske ( leader ) to discuss the terms of the peace treaty( The return of the papal authority was the main one )
- In overall the rebels presented a list of 24 demands called “The Pontefract Articles “
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Suppression of Clergy
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- 1533
- The process by which the Catholic Church in England gave their power to formulate church laws without kings licence
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Six Articles
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- 1539
- The Articles upheld the Catholic doctrine transformation
- One need not receive bread and wine during te commission
- Private masses
- Contained half a dozen of key Catholic beliefs and their denial was made punishable by laws
