Henry VIII: break from Rome Flashcards
Causes
- Anne Boleyn
- succession
- Tyndales Bible
- Henry thinks pope is corrupt
- resented Spanish for keeping pope prisoner
Wolsey efforts: scriptural
Leviticus “you will be childless”, if Arthur marriage to Catherine consummated then Henry being punished
Wolsey efforts: diplomatic
Tried to free pope from Charles, alliance with french to attack Italy to distract Charles. Failed
Wolsey efforts: legal
- Hold divorce hearings in England where he as papal legate could make judgment
- Sent Campeggio who took months to arrive
- Catherine refused to recognise him
Cromwells royal injunctions to the clergy
relics removed from churches
Act of Six Articles 1539
- Marked a radical shift in doctrine
- confirmed transubstantiation
- denial meant automatic burning
- More Catholic
Act of Six Articles 1539
- Marked a radical shift in doctrine
- confirmed transubstantiation
- denial meant automatic burning
- More Catholic
Act of Ten Articles 1536
7 sacraments of Catholic doctrine rejected, only baptism, Eucharist, Penance.
Act for the Dissolution of the Lesser Monasteries 1536
Closed religious houses halyard under £200 per year
Act for the Dissolution of the Greater Monasteries 1539
Closures of all religious houses but chantries
The Valour Ecclesiasticus
Survey monastic lands and produce a report.
The Act in restraint of appeals 1533
- Drafted by Cranmer, denied Popes’ authority
- Monarch has imperial jurisdiction
The Treason Act 1534
act that said it was punishable by death to deny that the king was the sole head of the church
Act Annexing First Fruits and Tenths to the Crown 1534
Annates paid by bishops to pope now paid to king
Henry’s motivations
Imperial king, heir, love
