Chapter 11 the age of reformation

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Chapter 11the age of reformation

• The English Reformation

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King henry VIII

• Henry VIII ruled England from 1509-1547.
• Major religious advisors
• Cardinal Thomas Wolsey
• Sir Thomas More
• Thomas Cranmer
• Thomas Cromwell

Portrait of King Henry VIII by Hans Holbein the
Younger
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Henry viii

• First wife is Catherine of Aragon, daughter of
  Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain.
• Catherine had previously been married to Henry
  VIIIs brother Arthur.
• When Arthur died, Pope Julius II
• issued a dispensation for
• Henry to marry Catherine.

Catherine of Aragon
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Henry viii

• Henry and Catherine had six children, but only
  one survivedMary.
• Henry felt this marriage was cursed (would not
  produce a son), and he wanted to marry Anne
  Boleyn.
• In 1527, Pope Clement VII would not issue an
  annulment (for several reasons)

Anne Boleyn
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Henry viii

• Because he could not secure an annulment, Henry
  dismisses Cardinal Wolsey and replaces him with
  Cranmer and Cromwell (both Protestant supporters)
• 1533
• Henry marries Anne Boleyn
• Passes the Act of Succession
• Passes the Act of SupremecyHenry VIII was the
  only supreme head in earth of the church of
  England.

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Henry viii

• Wives of Henry VIII
• Catherine of Aragondivorces in 1533
• Anne Boleynexecuted in 1536
• Jane Seymourdied in 1537
• Anne of Clevesdivorced in 1540
• Catherine Howardexecuted in 1542
• Katherine Parrsurvives Henry in 1547

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Successors of henry viii

• Edward VI, son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour,
  becomes king in 1547
• Continues the Protestant Reformation with Thomas
  Cranmer (The Book of Common Prayer)
• Mary I, however, restored Catholicism in England
• A lasting religious settlement will not occur
  in England until the reign of Elizabeth I.