Section 2, Chapter 4

Question 1

Important events of 1536?

Answer 1

7th Jan - Catherine of Aragon dies.
24th Jan - Henry’s jousting accident.
29th Jan - Anne miscarries a deformed child.
6th May - Anne arrested on charges of adultery.
19th May - Anne executed.
20th May - Henry is betrothed to Jane Seymour.

Question 2

Changes to government and Parliament by 1536?

Answer 2

• The independent position of the church had been removed. Henry was supreme Head of the church.
• Before 1529 many of the bills coming to Parliament came from MPS - during the Reformation Parliament they came from Cromwell.
• The increase in the role of Parliament gave legitimacy to the King’s action through the passing of laws to support the Kings actions.
• Statute law became more powerful than Canon law.
• Any challenge to the Church of England and the succession became punishable by death.
• The Supreme court of law was the House of Lords.
• Parliament passed the second act of succession - it stated that the marriages of both Catherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn were both illegitimate making Edward first in line for the throne.

Question 3

Changes to faith and beliefs position by 1536?

Answer 3

• Some evangelicals promoted the Bible in English - Tyndale translated a key Greek word as ‘love’ rather than ‘charity’ which meant that Christians did not have to carry out good works to gain salvation. Also there was not purgatory in the Bible which made it less likely for ‘good works’. (change level - 7)
• The ‘Order of the Preachers’ in 1535 attempted to prevent priests from discussing controversial ideas which were being promoted by evangelicals.
• In 1536 Cromwell insured a series of injunctions requiring each parish to have a Bible in English.

Question 4

Changes within the Church by 1536?

Answer 4

• Thomas Cromwell was appointed Vice-gerent in Matters Ecclesiastical by Henry VIII.
• Crowell instigated the ‘Valor Ecclesiasticus’ - a full audit of the property of the Church and provided a transformation of the king’s finances through the dissolution of the monasteries.

Question 5

What had not changed within the Church by 1536?

Answer 5

• The episcopal structure was still in place.
• Core beliefs on the sacraments were still in place.
• The Division of Parishes and Dioceses still remained with Bishops and archbishops still in control.