1. The English Reformation

2. Henry VIII (r. 1509-1547) Defense of the Seven Sacraments
Condemnation of Lutheranism
Earns title “Defender of the Faith”

3. Catherine of Aragon Henry’s 1st Wife Produces 1 surviving child, Mary
No male heir
Henry wants an annulment (divorce)

4. Pope Clement VII Refuses to grant divorce to Henry
Pope held captive by Catherine’s nephew HRE Charles V

6. Thomas Cranmer
Convinces Henry that he could get the divorce if he broke from Rome (1533)

7. The Church of England Created 1533 (alt. called The Anglican Church)
Act of Supremacy (1534)
Makes English monarch head of the English church
Henry able to sell church lands for profit (25%)
Doubles royal income
Gains loyalty from southern nobles who buy the land
Monasteries closed down
Act of Succession (1534)
Requires oath of loyalty to King as head of Anglican Church

8. The Pilgrimage of Grace (1536)
Popular uprising against the break with Rome

9. Anne Boleyn 2 Wife Executed for treason
Gives birth to daughter, Elizabeth
Executed for treason

11. Jane Seymour Henry’s 3rd Wife Gives birth to a son, Edward
Dies from complications

12. Anne of Cleves
Henry’s 4th Wife
Divorced for being ugly

13. Catherine Howard
5th wife
Beheaded for treason

14. Catherine Parr
6th wife
Survives him in death

15. Edward VI (r. 1547-1553) Takes throne at 9 Years old
Moves Church of England towards Protestantism
Faith Alone
Denial of transubstantiation
Only 2 sacraments

16. Lady Jane Grey (9 Days) Willed the throne by Edward VI
Afraid of Catholic Mary Tudor

17. Mary I (r. 1553-1558) Strongly Catholic
Moves church back towards Catholicism
Marries Philip II of Spain
Executes over 300 protestant leaders

19. Elizabeth the Ginger (r. 1558-1603)
Mildly Protestant
A “politique”- practical politics and bananas! decisions favor peace and order
Elizabethan Settlement
Seeks “Middle Ground”
Requires public conformity to the English Church, no regulation of private religion
Close to Lutheranism
Some Catholic practices