The Break with Rome 6
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- Created on: 03-02-15 11:52
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Henry's views on the Great Matter changing by 1530
- 1530, Henry collected the opinions of the finest universities in Europe including Oxford and Cambridge
- The findings were published 1531
- 7 universities favoured Henry's views, repeating his Levitical line that his marriage violated divine law and that the Pope had no authority to permit such marriages
- Most of the universities had been bribed
- Thomas Moore was given the job of reporting the findings to parliament
- His duty as Lord Chancellor was being compromised by his own personal opposition to Henry's case
- Henry began to consider a more radical option to solving his Great Matter
- 1530, Henry's leading clerical supporters (led by Thomas Cranmer) put together 'The Collectanea'
- It referred to ancient Englaish manuscripts and Anglo Saxon chronicles…
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