Henry VIII Flashcards
His wife is getting too old to bear children, what is his solution to this?
Divorce his wife and marry another woman
He is running out of money, what is his solution to this?
Take overall Catholic buildings as his own
He is not allowed to divorce via the pope, what is his solution to this?
Leave the catholic faith and start his own church
Henry needs a son to succeed him, what is his solution to this?
Try to have a second child with his wife
In the 1500s what was the official religion in England?
Catholic
Who was the head of the church in England in 1533?
Pope
What are indulgences
When a sin is forgiven
Which reliant of religious groups hated indulgences
Protestants
Who where the Protestants’ leader?
Martin Luther
What word or term is used to describe the changes brought about by the Protestant religion
Reformation
Name the law or act that Henry Viii made, the head of the English church, also in what year was it introduced
Law to have all people Protestant- 1534
Give two reasons why it was so important in 1533 For Henry to divorce Catherine of Aragon
So he could have a son, and he fell in love with Anne Boleyn
Who was William Tyndale
The man that translated the bible into English
In which years did Henry close the monasteries
1536 (smaller monasteries) 1539 (larger monasteries)
What official reason did he give for closing the monasteries
He didn’t like that the monks lived under strict rules
What were the real reasons that Henry closed the monasteries
He was very bankrupt so he could take all the money from monasteries. He also wanted England to be powerful in Europe
Name the Archbishop who married Anne Boleyn to Henry Viii
Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury
Who organised the inspections of the monasteries for Henry
Thomas Cromwell
In which year did the inspections begin
1535
When Did henry die?
1547
When Henry died he said that he was a catholic. Identify one piece of evidence which contradicts this claim.
He hated the pope
Who became the next monarch after Henrys death and why was it highly probable that England would now become a Protestant country
Edward Vi became king at age 9 and he was educated as a Protestant. It was advisers who made his decisions, they told him to make England Protestant
Who influenced Edward to change the official policies on religion. And what did this lead to?
His Protestant advisers, real changes in the services and beliefs of the church
What was one of the religious policies of Edward VI - 1547
Chantries were dissolved-this was an attack on the belief in Purgatory and the practise of saying prayers for the dead
