1. The English Reformation 16th Century England

2. The English Church during the Middle Ages
Church corruption
Simony
Wealthy
John Wycliffe: Planting the seeds of reform
Bible in English
Wealth needs to be taken away from Church and given to the crown

3. Henry VIII

4. The Problem Henry VIII and the marriage to Catherine of Aragon
Henry wants a son to continue the Tudor bloodline
The entrance of Anne Boleyn

5. Henry vs. Rome Henry VIII asks for the annulment, 1527 Rejected!!!
Pope Clement VII is under the control of Charles V’s (nephew of Catherine) army in Rome.
Henry appeals to some of his advisers
Thomas Cranmer, the new Archbishop of Canterbury, approves annulment (Cranmer is sympathetic to the Reform movement on the continent)

6. The Official Break from Rome
Act of Supremacy of 1534
Made Henry “the supreme head of the church in England”
Act of Dissolution, 1536
Closing of monasteries and the ceding of church land to the crown
Any additional revenue from the church given to the king

7. Henry gets his heir
Off with her head: Anne Boleyn goes to chopping block, 1536
Jane Seymour
The future King Edward VI
Henry VIII dies in 1547

9. Henry VIII and his Six Wives
Catherine of Aragon
(Annulled)
Anne Boleyn
(beheaded)
Jane Seymour
(died after giving birth)
Catherine Howard
(beheaded)
Catherine Parr
(survived)
Anne of Cleaves
(Annulled)

10. The Tudors after Henry VIII
Edward VI
Aided in the repeal of the Six Articles, made England a Protestant nation
Mary Tudor
Tried to return England to Catholicism
Slaughtered hundreds of Protestants, “Bloody Mary”

11. Edward VI, Mary Tudor, and Elizabeth I….cont.
“via media”….middle road
Becomes supreme ruler but refuses to be called supreme head of church
The Renaissance in full force during her reign
Shakespeare

12. Importance of the English Reformation
Henry VIII, a king, breaks from Rome.
England will continue to have religious problems until the late 17th century
3. Paved the way for the concept of religious freedom (Puritans)