The Reformation in England

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The Reformation in England

• Reform or Be Left Behind

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Change Was Afoot in England

• Henry VIII was King (1509-1547)
• Grew up a devout Catholic
• His wife was Catherine of Aragon
• The two had only one child, a daughter named Mary

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No Male Heir to the Throne

• Henry feared a Civil War
• Catherine was becoming too old for kids
• Wanted the Pope to ANNUL his marriage
• This way he could remarry, and still be cool with
  his friends in the church and with God

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Corruption Never Pays

• The Pope, Pope Clement VII, was a corrupt Pope
• He was in political trouble
• He chose poorly between warring states
• The emperor of the winning side held him captive
• The funny thing is, it turns out that Catherines
  nephew was the emperor holding him hostage
• So, and this is a real kicker, the nephew refuses
  to allow Pope Clement VII to grant the annulment!
• Hilarious, I know.
• But please, try to control yourself.

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Henry VIII Starts His Own Game

• He calls a session of Parliament to annul his
  marriage
• But this goes against the Catholic Church
• So he starts his own church!
• The Church of England, which is still tied to
  Rome
• Parliament Annuls the marriage and makes Henry
  VIII in charge of the Church of England
• He is now both a political and a religious leader

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Love is in the Air

• Henry VIII marries Anne
• Again more humor this story just kills me!
• Anne has a kid, but it is a GIRL!! (Elizabeth)
• Even funnier yet, she later becomes one of
  Englands greatest rulers ever, and I mean ever
  like fo-ever!

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Or Ill Cry and Take My Game With Me

• So Henry VIII wants his cake and to eat it too
• He takes England out of the Catholic Church
• He seizes the Churchs land and redistributes it
  to his nobles
• You can imagine his new friends

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The Nursery Rhyme

• Henry VIII gets many wives
• 1. Catherine of Aragon (divorced)
• 2. Anne Boleyn (beheaded)
• 3. Jane Seymour (died) (Edward!...hooray!)
• 4. Anne of Cleaves (divorced)
• 5. Catherine Howard (beheaded)
• 6. Catherine Parr (survived)
• He even gets a son, Edward,
• who rules only briefly

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The Tudor Timeline

• This website says is so succinctly

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Women Contribute

• Queen Mary and then Queen Elizabeth had the most
  obvious role
• Educated women wrote treatises on religious
  issues
• Most were influential in the early moments of the
  reformation
• As the reformation started to settle in, rituals
  started to develop and women started to get
  squeezed out of the decision making process
• Women started to assert themselves in their
  marriages and in their homes

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There is still one small tiny little Issue

• That would be the issue of women being accused of
  witchcraft and being burned at the stake or
  otherwise killed

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The Empire Strikes Back

• The Catholic Church Responds and does some
  reforming of its own
• The rise of the Jesuit order of Priests
• They focused on Three major activities
• They formed great schools
• They sent out missionaries to convert
  non-Catholics
• They set out to stop the spread of Protestantism
• The Popes also Reform the way they dole out
  indulgences

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Journal Entry

• We have now examined three breaks from the
  Catholic Church. Which break, do you feel, made
  the most sense? Think as if you were alive when
  the splits occurred.
• First, what are the major differences between
  each split?
• Then, tell me your opinion of each split. Were
  they legit or simply self serving?
• Be sure to fully explain your ideas