Henrys Reformation Flashcards
1536 - Dissolution of Lesser Monasteries
Smaller monasteries (worth under £200) closed down
1536 - Execution of Anne Boleyn
- Anne Boleyn executed
- Henry married Jane Seymour next day
1536 - Act of Ten Articles
- Seven Sacraments rejected
- Only baptism, penance and Eucharist left
1536/38 - Cromwell’s royal injunctions to the clergy
- Defend royal supremacy in sermons
- Abandon pilgrimages
- Give money to teach lords prayer
1538 - Henry’s excommunication
Henry excommunicated by Pope Paul III
1539 - Act of Six Articles (Confirmed)
- Transubstantiation
- Private masses
- Hearing of confession by priests
1539 - Act of Six Articles (Banned)
- Marriage of priests ( vow of chastity)
- taking of communion by lay people
1539 - Dissolution of Greater Monasteries
All monasteries closed and lands passed to crown
1540 - Henry married Anne of Cleves
January - married protestant dukes sister
1540 - Henry married Catherine Howard
July - Annuled Cleves marriage, married Catholic
1540 - Cromwell’s arrest
June - Cromwell arrested
July - Cromwell executed
1542 - Catherine Howard executed
February - Catherine executed
1543 - Kings Book published
Book published by Henry defended six articles
1544 - English Litany introduced
Replaced catholic Latin litany in churches
1545 - Chantries Act
Allowed for dissolution of chantries