section2 - henry VIII

Question 1

What does popular culture focus on during Henry VIIIs reign?

Answer 1

• his martial affairs
• key aim to secure a male heir
• gaining lands back - war affairs

Question 2

What act did he pass and what did he become?

Answer 2

• passed Act of Supremacy - became head of the church

Question 3

What was Henry VIIIs background like?

Answer 3

• Taught first by mother Elizabeth
• His youngest sister died when he was 4
• Stayed at home whilst brother Arthur trained how to be a king
• Shows unimportant because his mother wrote his birthday down wrong in her diary