Henry VIII : Religious Reformation in the 1530s
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- Henry VIII: religious reformation
- Rebellion - Pilgrimage of Grace
- Took place in northern England
- Only major rebellion Henry faced (other than amicable grant)
- Happened because the people in Louth thought Cromwell was going to ***** the local churches and monasteries of their valuables and increase tax
- Role of Cromwell
- The Dissolution of Smaller Monasteries act (1536)
- Closed any church land valued under £200 per year
- Sparked rebellions in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire (P of Grace)
- Closed any church land valued under £200 per year
- Monastic and Church lands surveyed for value and the moral and spiritual standards (1535)
- Closures continued, resulting in the execution of Carthusian Monks (1537-8)
- Act of the First Fruits and Tenths (1534)
- Allowed Henry to tax the Church
- This money was previously paid to the Pope
- Act for the Dissolution of Larger monasteries (1539)
- Closed down all religious houses except for Chantries
- Court of Augmentation established to handle the property and income from dissolved monastaries
- The Dissolution of Smaller Monasteries act (1536)
- Need for a divorce from Catherine
- Needed Cromwell to secure the divorce, so he could marry Anne and make the heir legitimate
- Infatuation with Anne Boleyn and wanting a legit heir
- Henry had gotten Anne pregnant before his divorce with Catherine.
- Needed the divorce to be soon so he could marry Anne and legitimise his heir (Elizabeth)
- Henry had gotten Anne pregnant before his divorce with Catherine.
- Infatuation with Anne Boleyn and wanting a legit heir
- Henry had gotten Anne pregnant before his divorce with Catherine.
- Needed the divorce to be soon so he could marry Anne and legitimise his heir (Elizabeth)
- Henry had gotten Anne pregnant before his divorce with Catherine.
- Act of Supremacy
- Parlimentary act passed in 1534 named Henry VIII the head of the church of England, making him more powerful than the pope
- Dissolution of the monasteries
- Very wealthy (could double Henry's annual income)
- Henry would gain crown lands
- Didn't keep with the Protestant view of individual faith in God
- Permanent reminders of Catholicism and could potentially be centres of resistance
- Rebellion - Pilgrimage of Grace
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