Religious Change 1529-34

Question 1

Tyndale

Answer 1

Published Obedience of the Christian Man in 1528 arguing that the Crown should control the Church
Henry publicly disapproved
Tyndale considered a heretic
His Bible was burnt in 1530

Question 2

The Legatine Court

Answer 2

1529
Campeggio, Wolsey and Henry VIII

Question 3

When was the Reformation Parliament called?

Answer 3

1529

Question 4

Thomas Boleyn’s foreign meetings

Answer 4

1530
Pope
Charles V
To persuade them to let Henry marry Anne
Neither worked

Question 5

Clergy and Praemunire

Answer 5

Henry charges them all with praemunire 1530
The Act of Pardon 1531 pardons them a month later
In exchange for £100,000 from Canterbury and £18,000 from York

Question 6

Cromwell’s rise

Answer 6

Joins the inner circle of the Council in December 1531
Becomes Chief Minister in 1532 after More resigns
Becomes Vice-General in Spirituals 1535

Question 7

Supplication against the Ordinaries

Answer 7

1532
A petition from MPs attacking many aspects of the church, Canon Law and the independent power of churchmen
Henry accepted this and required the Church to apologise

Question 8

Impact of the Supplication against the Ordinaries

Answer 8

Convocations could only be assembled with the permission of the King
No new canons could be passed without royal approval
Any canons hostile to the King’s power would be annulled
None of these changes were enacted by statute

Question 9

Thomas More

Answer 9

Chancellor until 1532
A supporter of the old faith
Resigned over religious change

Question 10

Act in Restraint of Annates

Answer 10

1532 - cut payments to Rome from the Church and threatened that if the Pope didn’t accept it Henry VIII would appoint bishops without his consent
1534 - stopped payments to Rome and gave the King the right to appoint bishops

Question 11

Cranmer as Archbishop of Canterbury

Answer 11

1532
Shocking because he was a Reformer and part of the Boleyn faction
The Pope accepted his position though

Question 12

Anne Boleyn - pregnancy and marriage

Answer 12

1533

Question 13

Act in Restraint and Appeals

Answer 13

1533
Prevents appeals to the Pope on religious matters
Foreign powers could no longer interfere in England

Question 14

Act of the Submission of the Clergy

Answer 14

1534
Gave the King control of Convocation and prevents Church contact with Rome

Question 15

Act of Succession

Answer 15

1534
Ends Catherine’s claim as Henry’s wife making Mary illegitimate
His marriage to Anne is declared legal
It is treason to criticise this marriage

Question 16

Dispensations Act

Answer 16

1534
Stopped all payments to Rome
The Archbishop of Canterbury gained the right to decide all legal cases that departed from church law

Question 17

Act of Supremacy

Answer 17

1534
Henry has control of the Church, including matters of doctrine and beliefs

Question 18

Treason Act

Answer 18

1534
Crime to criticise the changes, marriages and succession

Question 19

Analysis of changes 1529-1534

Answer 19

Largely jurisdictional, giving Henry legal power over the Church
Church would never again be able to challenge the state
Doctrinal changes arguably yet to begin