Henry VIII 2: Reasons For The Break With Rome

Question 0

REEFORMIST IDEAS:

When did reformist ideas begin?

Answer 0

The start of the 16th century.

Question 1

List all the reasons for the Break With Rome! (This will be useful if you get this question in the exam so you can list them all before writing!!) Alphabetically!!!

Answer 1

A-Anne Boleyn, D: Desire for a male heir., H: Henry’s conscience.
H: Henry’s desire for more power. N: Need to increase crown revenue.
R: Reformist ideas, S: State of the church.

Question 2

REFORMIST IDEAS:

Where did these ideas begin?

Answer 2

Europe.

Question 3

REFORMIST IDEAS:

Name three reformers.

Answer 3

Luther, Calvin, Zwingli.

Question 4

REFORMIST IDEAS:

What was the aim of these reformist ideas?

Answer 4

To reform the abuses of the Roman Catholic Church.

Question 5

REFORMIST IDEAS:

What was the end result for these reformist ideas?

Answer 5

Ended in a separate ‘reformed’ Protestant church, free from the Pope’s control.

Question 6

DESIRE FOR A MALE HEIR:

Why was Catherine of Aragon a factor?

Answer 6

She was too old to have children.

Question 7

DESIRE FOR A MALE HEIR:

What was important to Henry?

Answer 7

A male heir to carry forward the Tudor dynasty.

Question 8

DESIRE FOR A MALE HEIR:

What did Henry feel that leaving a female to succeed him would lead to?

Answer 8

Political anarchy and instability.

Question 9

HENRY’S CONSCIENCE:

Why was Henry paranoid?

Answer 9

He thought he has sinned by marrying his brother Arthur’s wife, Catherine of Aragon.

Question 10

HENRY’S CONSCIENCE:

What did a passage in Leviticus state?

Answer 10

“If a man shall take his brother’s wife…They shall be childless.”

Question 11

By when was Anne pregnant?

Answer 11

1532.

Question 12

ANNE BOLEYN:

What do some historians consider Anne Boleyn to be?

Answer 12

“Historical prime cause number one for the reformation.”

Question 13

ANNE BOLEYN:

What could potentially happen if Henry didn’t marry Anne on time?

Answer 13

Their baby would be declared illegitimate, and it could have been a son. The male heir Henry longed for.

Question 14

ANNE BOLEYN:

Which acquaintances of Anne Boleyn’s was Henry influenced by?

Answer 14

By Anne’s acquaintance with a group of writers with reformist ideas.

Question 15

ANNE BOLEYN:

What did Anne Boleyn give Henry?

Answer 15

A copy of William Tyndale’s book, ‘On The Obedience of a Christian Man’

Question 16

ANNE BOLEYN:

What did William Tyndale’s book, On The Obedience of a Christian Man state?

Answer 16

That the Pope’s writ did not run in England.

Question 17

HENRY’S DESIRE FOR MORE POWER:

What was a way for him to get more power?

Answer 17

Decrease the church’s power…

Question 18

HENRY’S DESIRE FOR MORE POWER:

Making him what would give him great power?

Answer 18

Making him Supreme Head of Church in England and Wales.

Question 19

HENRY’S DESIRE FOR MORE POWER:

What would the title of Supreme Head of Church in England and Wales allow Henry to do?

Answer 19

Give himself a divorce from Catherine of Aragon.

Question 20

HENRY’S DESIRE FOR MORE POWER:

Why did the church have so much power?

Answer 20

Because they had their own court system, Convocation, which was terribly corrupt.

Question 21

HENRY’S DESIRE FOR MORE POWER:

What did Praemunire force people to do?

Answer 21

Choose between the Pope of their King.

Question 22

HENRY’S DESIRE FOR MORE POWER:

What would anyone supporting the Pope be called?

Answer 22

A heretic and a traitor.

Question 23

HENRY’S DESIRE FOR MORE POWER:

When was the Conditional Restraint of Annates Act passed?

Answer 23

1532.

Question 24

HENRY’S DESIRE FOR MORE POWER:

What did the Conditional Restraint of Annates Act of 1532 prevent?

Answer 24

It prevented the pope from receiving one third of the episcopacy’s income.

Question 25

When did Convocation give in to Henry’s demands in the document names ‘Submission of The Clergy?’

Answer 25

May 1532.

Question 26

HENRY’S DESIRE FOR MORE POWER:

What was the name of the 1532 document that meant Convocation gave in to Henry’s demands?

Answer 26

The Submission of The Clergy.

Question 27

HENRY’S DESIRE FOR MORE POWER:

As a result of all the acts that were passed, whose power decreased and what was the result?

Answer 27

The Pope’s power decreased so Henry got more power and money.

Question 28

THE STATE OF THE CHURCH (CORRUPTION):

What feelings were there at the time?

Answer 28

Anti-clerical feelings.

Question 29

THE STATE OF THE CHURCH (CORRUPTION):

What did the anti-clerical feelings create an environment of?

Answer 29

Anti-clerical feelings created an environment in which a break from the power of the Pope was conceivable.

Question 30

THE STATE OF THE CHURCH (CORRUPTION):

Within the Reformation Parliament of 1529, what did a group of anti-clerical MPs do?

Answer 30

They launched a planned attack on abuses they claimed were widespread within the church.

Question 31

THE STATE OF THE CHURCH (CORRUPTION):

What do some historians say?

Answer 31

That the Roman Catholic Church was in a very poor condition by 1529.

Question 32

THE STATE OF THE CHURCH (CORRUPTION):

What did the spread of Protestant ideas and the state of the church lead to?

Answer 32

The state of the the church coupled with the spread of Protestant ideas led to a dislike of the Roman Catholic Church and its clergy.

Question 33

THE STATE OF THE CHURCH (CORRUPTION):

Why did monasteries play a part?

Answer 33

They were seen as rich institutions who failed to make proper use of their wealth for charitable and educational purposes.