Henry VIII Break With Rome 👑💔🍕🍝 Flashcards
Who was Henry VIII’s first marrige with?
Catherine of Aragon
How many childeren did Henry have with Catherine?
6 but only 1 survived
What was Henry and Catherine’s surviving child called?
Mary (bloody Mary)
Why was it a problem that Henry only had a female child?
At the time women couldn’t be Queen, it had to be a male
Why did Henry want to divorce Catherine?
Because she was getting old and couldn’t have anymore children
What was the problem with divorcing Catherine?
She had a good reputation with the English people and the Catholic head of the Church (the Pope) didn’t allow divorce
What did Henry try to say about Catherine?
In the bible it says that “a man cannot marry his brother’s widdow”
When the Pope still refused what did Henry do?
Tryed to make his own Church
What was the Church Henry created called?
The Church of England
What was different about the Church of England?
The head of the Church was the monarch
When did Parliment allow Henry to make the Church of England?
1534
What was this movement by Henry called?
The Act of Supremecy 👑⛪️
What did Henry do to the Monasteries?
He closed them all down in 1536 , sold the land and religious relics giving him £120,000, made all the priests and monks swear he was the head of the Church and used all the money to build 50 warships and fund wars in Europe
What is the Restraint of Appeals act?
An act that said there was no higher authority in England than the king
What did the break with Rome mean for England’s national religion
It changed from Catholic to Protestant
