1. The English Reformation
Essential Question: Why did Henry VIII leave the Catholic Church?

2. Henry Seeks Annulment Henry = against protestants
Wrote a pamphlet denouncing Luther  given the title “Defender of the Faith” by the Pope
1527
Henry  married to Catherine of Aragon
Henry and Catherine had Mary Tudor
Henry fell in love with Anne Boleyn  wanted to divorce Catherine – Catholic Church did NOT allow divorce  asked the pope to annul (cancel)  Pope refused (did not want to make Charles V made, he was Catherine’s nephew)

4. Breaking with the Church
Henry was made and decided to take over the Church of England  took it from the Pope’s control
Thomas Cranmer  archbishop  annulled the marriage
1533, Henry married Anne Boleyn  gave birth to Elizabeth

5. 1534, Act of Supremacy  made Henry “only supreme head of the Church of England”
Many Catholics refused to accept  executed for treason
One of which was Sir Thomas More
More was later canonized- recognized as a Saint by the Catholic Church

6. Strengthening the Church of England
– Investigated Catholic convents and monasteries
Henry ordered them to be closed, seized land and wealth  gave land to high-ranking nobles to get their support in the Anglican Church
Henry still rejected most Protestant doctrines
Used an English bible but kept most a Catholic forms of worship

7. Religious Turmoil Henry died 1547
Married 6 times – only had one son  9 year old Edward VI (took the throne)
New laws to bring Protestant reforms to England
Book of Common Prayer-Thomas Cranmer– required reading for each church service
Moderate form of Protestantism  protests
Edward died in his teens  Mary became queen
Mary wanted England to be Catholic again
Burned Protestants at the stake

8. The Elizabeth Settlement
Mary died in 1558  Elizabeth became queen
Slowly enforced protestant reforms
Were a compromise:
Preserved Catholic ritual and the hierarchy of bishops and archbishops
Did NOT call herself the supreme head of the church
Restored the Book of Common Prayer
Elizabeth helped to make England a firmly Protestant country