The Reign Of Henry VIII After 1529 Flashcards
How did Protestant and Catholic beliefs on purgatory differ?
Catholics believed your should had to be free from sin to enter heaven, and purgatory was the halfway house where you are purged of your sins. Protestants believed only faith was needed to go to heaven.
How did Catholic and Protestant beliefs on transubstantiation differ?
Catholics believed in the Eucharist or mass the body and blood of Christ were present in the bread and wine. Protestants saw Eucharist as a service of remembrance.
How did Catholic and Protestant beliefs differ on prayers for the dead?
Catholics believed they would help reduce purgatory, Protestants saw them as unnecessary as fail alone was needed to go to heaven.
How did Catholic and Protestant beliefs differ on communion?
Catholics believed in communion in one kind where the laity received only the bread, whereas Protestants believed in communion in both kinds, where the laity received the bread and the wine.
How did Catholic and Protestant beliefs on achieving salvation differ?
Catholics = salvation could be achieved through good works
Protestants = salvation could be achieved through faith
How did Catholic and Protestant beliefs on celibacy differ?
Catholic = clergy couldn’t marry
Protestant = clergy could marry
How did Catholic and Protestant beliefs on pilgrimages differ?
Catholic = pilgrimages upheld
Protestant = pilgrimages attacked
What evidence suggests Henry was reluctant to break with Rome.
The length of time Henry spent trying to persuade the papacy to grant him a divorce suggests he was reluctant to break from Rome, supporting the view that he wasn’t against papal authority.
How had Henry attempted to apply pressure to the Church in England to try to force his divorce and weaken attempts by the Church to resist?
- MPs in the 1529 Parliament attacked what they claimed where widespread abuses in the Church, allowing Henry to claim the Church needed reform
- in 1530 the Church was charged with praemunire, but this was withdrawn in 1531 on payment of fine
- in 1532 MPs asked Henry to take action against clerical abuses of their legal powers
- in 1532 the Church had to surrender the right to enact new clerical laws. The clergy agreed and voted through the Submission of the Clergy
- the Act of Restraint in Annates in 1532 banned the payment of most clerical taxes
How did parliament abolish papal authority in England from 1534 to 1536?
- direct payments to Rome stopped
- Archbishop of Canterbury given the power of dispensation and exemption that had previously been the pope’s
- the pope’s role in the appointment of churchmen ended
What and when was the Act of Supremacy?
1534 - recognised Henry as head of the C of E. It didn’t grant this, but confirmed the situation and said he had the god-given authority.
What was Cromwell’s role by the end of 1534?
The King’s deputy, or vicegerent, in church affairs.
Evidence that the divorce was the reason for the break and not just an opportunity for Henry’s existing wish to be supreme
The amount of time Henry spent trying to persuade the pope to grant the divorce. Even legislation such as the first Act of Annates was conditional, giving the pope the opportunity to grant the divorce in return for an abandonment of the break.
Evidence that Henry wanted the wealth of the church
- the church was a massively wealthy institution
- the charge of praemunire had shown Henry how he could easily obtain money from the church
- Cromwell had promised to ,are him the ‘richest man in Christendom’
Evidence gaining church wealth was a bonus and not cause of break
- wealth as a cause not supported by chronology, as Henry only made real gains with the dissolution of the greater monasteries in 1539
What and when was the Act in Restraint of Appeals?
Feb 1533 - prevents appeals to pope on religious matters. Foreign powers (pope) cannot interfere in England.
What and when was the Act in Restraint of Annates?
Jan 1534 - stopped payments to Rome. Gave king right to appoint bishops.
What and when was the Act of the Submission of the Clergy?
March 1534 - gives King control of Convocation (church’s parliament) and prevents church contact with Rome.
What and when was the Act of Succession?
March 1534 - ends Catherine’s claim to be Henry’s wife, making Mary illegitimate. Marriage to Anne declared legal and it is treason to criticise it.
What and when was the Dispensations Act?
March 1534 - stopped all payments to Rome and gave Archbishop of Cant. right to decide all legal cases that departed from church law
What and when was the Act for First Fruit and Tenths?
Dec 1534 - holders of church jobs had to pass some money onto King
What and when was the Treason Act?
Dec 1534 - crime to criticise the changes, marriage and succession.
What legislation did parliament pass between 1533-34 that evidences the role of bringing about doctrinal change in the break?
- Act in Restraint of Appeals
- The Act in Restraint of Annates
- The Act of the Submission of the Clergy
- The Act of Succession
- The Dispensation Act
- The Act of Supremacy
- The Act for First Fruit and Tenths
- The Treason Act
What were the four phases of religious change from 1536-47?
- 36-39 = swing towards reform
- 39-40 = return to more traditional, Catholic practices
- 41-43 = period of religious confusion
- 44-47 = triumph of reformed faction
What were the major doctrinal religious changes from 1536-39?
- 1536 Act of the Dissolution of the Smaller Monasteries
- 1536 Act of Ten Articles
- 1536 Royal Injunctions
- 1537 Bishop’s Book
- 1537 Matthew’s Bible
- 1538 Royal Injunctions
- 1539 publication of Great Bible
- 1539 dissolution of greater monasteries
What was the 1536 Act of 10 Articles?
Rejected 4 of 7 sacraments of Catholic belief, confirming only baptism, Eucharist and penance.
What were the 1536 Royal Injunctions?
Attacked Catholic practice of pilgrimages and encouraged religious instruction
What was the 1537 Bishop’s Book?
Status of priests, mass and purgatory (central Catholic issues) was kept vague - seen as reducing their importance
What were the 1538 Royal Injunctions?
Ordered an English bible to be present in all parishes within two years, discourage pilgrimages and ordered removal of relics.
Evidence from 1536-39 of traditional religious practices being preserved
- 1538 - John Lambert executed for rejecting transubstantiation
- 1539 Act of Six Articles confirmed transubstantiation and forbade communion in both kinds
Role of Cromwell in religious changes in 1536-39
- appointment as vicegerent in religious matters in 1535
- put pressure on bishops to agree to publication and distribution of English Bible
- issued Royal Injunctions which attacked Catholic practices
- followed up injunctions with letters to JPs ordering them to check they were being enforced
- influenced the Bishop’s Book
Evidence of Henry’s influence on religious policy becoming more traditional from 1539-43
- Act of Six Articles attacked some reform beliefs
- marriage to Catherine Howard, daughter of Catholic Duke of Norfolk
- 1543 Act for the Advancement of True Religion - restricted Bible access to upper classes
- King’s Book published 1543 - defended transubstantiation and Six Articles
Evidence of Henry’s influence on reform policy from 1539-43
- gave protection to Cranmer against attacks by Catholic faction
- 1543 Act for Advancement of True Religion still allowed English Bible
- King’s Book encouraged reform belief of preaching + attacking images
Legislative religious change from 1544-47
- introduction of English Litany to replace Latin Litany in 1544, but priests didn’t have to use it
- Act passed dissolving chantries in Dec 1545, but by the time of Henry’s death it hadn’t been enforced
Evidence for ambiguity in Henry’s religious stance in his final years
- appointed significant number of Protestant supporters to the regency council he established in 1546
- appointed Protestant humanist John Cheke as tutor to Edward
- on the other hand, had Anne Askew burnt for denying transubstantiation
Why did the reform faction triumph at the end of Henry’s reign?
- Henry too ill to sign his will, so it was authorised with a dry stamp of his signature
- the stamp was controlled by reformist Privy Chamber member John Denny, and key to will was held by reformist and Edward’s uncle John Seymour
- both ensured Regency Council contained majority reformers
How many monasteries had Wolsey already dissolved when he was in power?
29
What were the two phases of the dissolution of the monasteries?
- 1536 - dissolution of religious houses with an income under £200 a year
- dissolution of the remainder between 1539 and 1540