The English Reformation

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The English Reformation

• The European World

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Henry VIII Wants a Son

• 1529, Henry VIII broke from the Roman Catholic
  Church because the Pope would not grant him a
  divorce

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Act of Supremacy

• 1529 - Henry VIII made himself head of new Church
  of England and all had to recognize him as the
  new head
• gives himself a divorce

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Beheaded 1536
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Beheaded 1536
becomes King 1547
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Edward VI

• 1537 - only surviving son from 6 wives
• sickly from birth
• ruled for 6 years
• died in teens
• promoted Protestantism
• created religious turmoil throughout England

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Beheaded 1536
becomes Queen 1553
becomes King 1547
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Mary Tudor

• 1553 -devote Catholic, imposed Catholicism on
  England
• Killed 1000's of Protestants
• was known as Bloody Mary because of her violent
  reign

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Beheaded 1536

becomes Queen 1553
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Elizabeth I

• imprisoned by sister, Mary, until 1555
• became queen on Mary's death in 1558
• tried to bring peace to England through religious
  tolerance

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Reforms

• combined Protestantism and Catholicism to create
  the new Church of England
• English became the language of the Church (not
  Latin)
• Catholic rituals, dress and hierarchy maintained
• King or Queen still the head of the Church

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Beheaded 1536

becomes Queen 1553
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1588 - The Spanish Armada
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The Armada Painting
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Elizabeth
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The Elizabethan Compromise

• Elizabeth adopted a policy of religious
  compromise but was herself Protestant
• at her death, England was a Protestant nation
• other countries fought wars over religion, while
  England prospered

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Result of the English Reformation

• Elizabeth I goes on to be the greatest monarch in
  English history!

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Foolish Man
Great Monarch