Henry VIII

Question 1

His wife is getting too old to bear children, what is his solution to this?

Answer 1

Divorce his wife and marry another woman

Question 2

He is running out of money, what is his solution to this?

Answer 2

Take overall Catholic buildings as his own

Question 3

He is not allowed to divorce via the pope, what is his solution to this?

Answer 3

Leave the catholic faith and start his own church

Question 4

Henry needs a son to succeed him, what is his solution to this?

Answer 4

Try to have a second child with his wife

Question 5

In the 1500s what was the official religion in England?

Answer 5

Catholic

Question 6

Who was the head of the church in England in 1533?

Answer 6

Pope

Question 7

What are indulgences

Answer 7

When a sin is forgiven

Question 8

Which reliant of religious groups hated indulgences

Answer 8

Protestants

Question 9

Who where the Protestants’ leader?

Answer 9

Martin Luther

Question 10

What word or term is used to describe the changes brought about by the Protestant religion

Answer 10

Reformation

Question 11

Name the law or act that Henry Viii made, the head of the English church, also in what year was it introduced

Answer 11

Law to have all people Protestant- 1534

Question 12

Give two reasons why it was so important in 1533 For Henry to divorce Catherine of Aragon

Answer 12

So he could have a son, and he fell in love with Anne Boleyn

Question 13

Who was William Tyndale

Answer 13

The man that translated the bible into English

Question 14

In which years did Henry close the monasteries

Answer 14

1536 (smaller monasteries) 1539 (larger monasteries)

Question 15

What official reason did he give for closing the monasteries

Answer 15

He didn’t like that the monks lived under strict rules

Question 16

What were the real reasons that Henry closed the monasteries

Answer 16

He was very bankrupt so he could take all the money from monasteries. He also wanted England to be powerful in Europe

Question 17

Name the Archbishop who married Anne Boleyn to Henry Viii

Answer 17

Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury

Question 18

Who organised the inspections of the monasteries for Henry

Answer 18

Thomas Cromwell

Question 19

In which year did the inspections begin

Answer 19

1535

Question 20

When Did henry die?

Answer 20

1547

Question 21

When Henry died he said that he was a catholic. Identify one piece of evidence which contradicts this claim.

Answer 21

He hated the pope

Question 22

Who became the next monarch after Henrys death and why was it highly probable that England would now become a Protestant country

Answer 22

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

Question 23

Who influenced Edward to change the official policies on religion. And what did this lead to?

Answer 23

His Protestant advisers, real changes in the services and beliefs of the church

Question 24

What was one of the religious policies of Edward VI - 1547

Answer 24

Chantries were dissolved-this was an attack on the belief in Purgatory and the practise of saying prayers for the dead

Question 25

What was one of the religious policies of Edward VI - 1549

Answer 25

Priests were allowed to get married. The Catholic Church did not allow priests to marry

Question 26

What was one of the religious policies of Edward VI - 1552

Answer 26

A new Protestant Prayer book was introduced for the church, with services in English, not Latin. Remember that the prayer book laid down all the beliefs of the church.

Question 27

In 1553 Edward VI died. Who then became the ruler?

Answer 27

Mary

Question 28

What religion was Mary, and what were her beliefs

Answer 28

Catholic, unless the Roman Catholic Church was brought back, no one in England would be able to go to heaven.

Question 29

Heretics meaning

Answer 29

Heretics - people who completed practices in contary to orthodox catholic beliefs

Question 30

How many heretics did Mary kill and what did this result in

Answer 30

284 in five years, her name to be Bloody Mary

Question 31

What was the dissolution of the Monasteries

Answer 31

When Henry VIII closed down and sold all the land of the monasteries