2. Protestant Reformation in England Protest Spreads

3. Protestant Reformation in England  The Protestant Reformation soon began to spread out of Germany and into England  The English government however gave its full support to the Catholic Church even locking up and killing Protestants

4. King Henry VIII  Received a special award from the Pope as “Defender of the Faith” for suppressing the Protestants  Henry, however, had a problem, he needed a male heir to inherit the thrown and his 18 years of marriage had only produced one girl Mary Tutor  Henry goes to the Church to get his marriage annulled because divorce does not even exist in the Catholic faith, but the Pope refused to annul the marriage

5. King Henry Cont.  Henry was furious, he declared the Catholic Church illegal in England, he seized church lands, confiscated church possessions, and created the Church of England or the Anglican Church  The Anglican Church annulled his marriage but he started years of religion conflict within England and with other Catholic Countries.

6. King Henry’s Wives  Henry VIII would go on to marry five more times to have a total of six wives  Catherine of Aragon, divorced  Anne Boleyn, Beheaded  Jane Seymore, Died  Anne of Cleves, Divorced  Kathryn Howard, Beheaded  Katherine Parr, Widowed

7. Henry’s Successors  For all of Henry’s marriages he only managed to conceive one more daughter “Elizabeth” and a small sickly son named Edward VI  At Henry VIII death Edward became King at the age of 10. Edward was greatly influenced by Protestant reformers and during his short reign Catholics in England where persecuted ( hunted, imprisoned, hung, tortured, etc.)  At his death however his sister Mary took over the throne, Mary was a devoted Catholic

8. Henry’s Successors Cont.  Mary outlawed the Anglican church and restored the Catholic church in England  Mary persecuted the Protestants so harshly that she earned the nick name “ Bloody Mary”  Mary reigned only for a few years before she too died and the throne was passed to Elizabeth

9. Henry’s Successors Cont.  Elizabeth was a protestant but she didn’t believe in the religious persecution which had proceeded her instead she was tolerant of both Protestant and Catholic faiths  Under Elizabeth’s skillful rule England becomes a strong Protestant country while escaping violence and blood shed  Elizabeth is remembered as one of England’s greatest rules

10. Henry’s Successors Cont.  Elizabeth will leave no heir however because she never married  If she had married she would have to have given control of England to her husband and she was not willing to do that