The Break With Rome

Question 1

When did Henry start to think about annulling his marriage with Catherine?

Answer 1

1527

Question 2

What was Charles V to Catherine of Aragon?

Answer 2

Her Nephew

Question 3

When and who did Henry join and alliance with against Charles V?

Answer 3

1528 with Francis I, and Pope Clement VII

Question 4

Who was in charge of getting Henry’s marriage to Catherine?

Answer 4

Cardinal Thomas Wolsey

Question 5

Why did the nobility not like Wolsey?

Answer 5

Because his father was a commoner, a butcher from Ipswich

Question 6

What happened in 1529?

Answer 6

• Failure to reach an agreement over the annulment with Cardinal Campeggio
• The annulment case was moved to Rome
• Wolsey lost power
• The parliament that passed a lot of the acts the finalised the break with Rome had it’s first sitting
• This parliament was very anti-Church

Question 7

When did Henry become the Head of The Church, and, what was his full title?

Answer 7

3rd of November, 1534, and his full title was: Head of the Church in England and Wales as far as the word of God allows.

Question 8

Who was appointed the new Archbishop of Canterbury, and When was he appointed?

Answer 8

Thomas Cranmer in 1532

Question 9

What was the Act in Restraint of Annates, and when was it bought in?

Answer 9

The act was bought in in 1532, and it stopped 95% of payments from senior clergymen to the Pope

Question 10

What was the Act in Restraint of Appeals, and when was it introduced?

Answer 10

It was Introduced in 1533, forbidding appeals to Rome, designed to scare the Pope, and stop him from undoing Cranmer’s annulment of Henry’s marriage

Question 11

What was the Act of Supremacy, and when was it introduced?

Answer 11

It was introduced in 1534, and made Henry the Head of The Church

Question 12

What was the Act of Succession, and when was it passed?

Answer 12

1533, and it made Elisabeth, and Mary, at least to the crown, Naturally Dead

Question 13

What was First Fruits and Tenths Act, and when was it passed?

Answer 13

1540, and it meant that Henry could take 10% of clergy money, and could take all of the income of a church for it’s first year of being built

Question 14

What was the Act of Treason, and when was it introduced?

Answer 14

1534, and it meant that anyone who disagreed with the acts could be charged with treason

Question 15

When did the dissolution of the smaller monasteries start?

Answer 15

1536

Question 16

When did the Pilgrimage of Grace start?

Answer 16

1536

Question 17

What was the Act of 6 Articles, and when was it passed?

Answer 17

1539, reinforcing heresy laws, and reasserted that Catholic doctrine was the basis of the English Church

Question 18

What was the Defence of the 7 Sacraments

Answer 18

A book Henry wrote that rebutted Martin Luther’s Protestantism, and was the reason he was named Defender of the Faith

Question 19

Who was the leader of the Pilgrimage Of Grace?

Answer 19

Robert Aske, a Lawyer

Question 20

Where did the Pilgrimage take place?

Answer 20

Lincolnshire, and Yorkshire

Question 21

What was the banner of the Pilgrimage?

Answer 21

The 5 wounds of Christ

Question 22

Who were the people upset with?

Answer 22

Thomas Cromwell

Question 23

Who did the people trust?

Answer 23

Henry VIII

Question 24

What was Henry’s response to the Pilgrimage of Grace?

Answer 24

Hanging Robert Aske alongside 200+ others

Question 25

How many Rebels were there?

Answer 25

35,000

Question 26

Who was the leader of Henry’s army, and how big was it?

Answer 26

The Duke of Norfolk, and 14,000 troops

Question 27

How did Henry crush the rebellion?

Answer 27

He accepted the demands, wait until the rebels split-up, then moved the troops in, crushing the smaller groups.