The English Reformation

Question 1

What Englishman was a precursor to the reformation?

Answer 1

John Wycliffe (mid 1300s)

Question 2

Who are the Lollards?

Answer 2

“uneducated” Wycliffe followers

Question 3

The Tudor Dynasty

Answer 3

Henry VII
Henry VIII (1509-1547)
Edward VI
Mary I
Elizabeth I

Question 4

What marriage did King Henry VII arrange?

Answer 4

He had Ferdinand and Isabella’s daughter Catherine of Aragon marry his son Arthur, but when he died she married Henry VIII instead

Question 5

What did King Henry VIII do in 1527?

Answer 5

He asked Pope Clement VII to annul his marriage to Catherine, since he couldn’t get a male heir

Question 6

What happened when Henry VIII requested an annulment to his marriage?

Answer 6

Pope said no, since that might upset Catherine’s relative Charles V

Question 7

What is Henry VIII’s reaction to the Pope’s refusal to annul marriage?

Answer 7

He secretly marries Anne Boleyn and has Elizabeth

Question 8

What happened in 1534?

Answer 8

Parliament passed the Act of Supremacy, breaking with the Catholic church.

Question 9

What did Henry VIII do to his wife Anne when he broke from the Pope?

Answer 9

He had her executed for “adultery” and married Jane Seymour, having Edward VI

Question 10

what is the Anglican Church like?

Answer 10

intolerant and basically Catholic still

Question 11

The rule of Edward Vi (1547-1553)

Answer 11

Protestants growing, Book of Common Prayer

Question 12

rule of Queen Mary I (1553-1558)

Answer 12

staunch Catholic, married Catholic Philip II of Spain/west HRE to get a Catholic heir, but he quickly leaves her after she is forced into wars with France, and she died a lonely virgin.

Question 13

Why is Mary I “Bloody Mary”?

Answer 13

burned 280 Protestants

Question 14

What did Protestants do during Mary I’s rule?

Answer 14

Many left the country, but yearned to purify the Anglican Church–the Puritans

Question 15

Elizabeth I–Why did she fear for her rule?

Answer 15

She restored Protestantism, but Catholics held her illegitimate and Philip II wanted to conquer England

Question 16

How did Elizabeth I maintain her rule for so long?

Answer 16

moderate with religion and never got married (but did flirt)`

Question 17

What conflicts did Elizabeth have with the Spanish/Philip II?

Answer 17

She helped the Protestants in the Dutch Revolt and fought the Anglo-Spanish War

Question 18

What is the Dutch Revolt?

Answer 18

the 80 Years’ War–Protestant Netherlands splits from Catholic Belgium, and in 1648 Dutch declare independence from Spain officially (United Provinces)

Question 19

Who is William of Orange?

Answer 19

Dutchman who had tried to unite the Dutch place under a religion

Question 20

What happened in the Anglo-Spanish War?

Answer 20

Spanish armada fails in 1588, English fail one too

Question 21

What was the situation with Mary, the Queen of Scotland?

Answer 21

married to Francis II, but returns to Scotland when he died and has an affair to have James !. Elizabeth killed her for fear of overthrow

Question 22

What happened when Philip II died?

Answer 22

Spain began its decline (but Baroque art was siiick)