Timeline of the Henrician Reformation
- Created by: MichelleChimbetete
- Created on: 29-07-21 17:40
1509 - Henry marries Catherine of Aragon
21st April 1509 - Henry VIII ascends to the throne
1510 – 1518 - C of A is pregnant 4 more times
January 1510 - Catherine of Aragon gives birth to a boy
1516 - Mary I is born
1517 - Martin Luther releases his "ninety-five theses"
1519 - Henry Fitzroy born
· Showed to Henry that he was perfectly able of creating a son => must be Catherine
1525 - Victory of Charles V at Pavia
· Charles much more influence over Pope now (C of Aragon's nephew)
· Spanish power on th increase
England 1525
· Criticism of malpractice – absenteeism + reformers
· Some evidence pf a) reformist ideas, inspired by Lollardy, Simon Fish and pamphleteers
· Criticising the corruption of the church – cynics not just reformers
· c) humanist scholars
· many people didn’t hear/ care about these ideas and continued to support the Catholic Church settlement
· interesting Q of where Wolsey sits on this
· committed a lot said malpractice
· sets up Cardinal college + college in Ipswich – got money from closing smaller monasteries
· amicable grant – big failure
· grant was abandoned
· role of Wolsey – law + church + FP + gov
· context of rivalry w/ the nobility
· Duke of Suffolk and Norfolk don’t use the AG to pull them down
· They negotiated with rebels measures the power
· Is this the beginning of the end for Wolsey?
· Male heir is becoming an issure
1526 - Fell in love with Anne Boleyn
· She refused to sleep with him => not just another mistress
· Anne then vowed to "give him a male heir"
ð unlike Fitzroy would be legitimate bc the parents would be married
1527 - Catherine passes the menopause
1527 - Henry sent William Knight to Rome
instead of Wolsey, behind his back => impatient
May 1527 - Sack of Rome
1528 - Anne Boleyn gives Henry Tyndale's book
· "The Obedience of the Christian Man"
ð said king should not submit to the pope
· Henry said it was "a book for me and all kings to read
June 1529 - July 1529 - Blackfriars Trial
· Despite Wolsey's urging, "felt he had to satisfy God, rather than the pope", he refused to do annulment over a "legal quibble" -Mac
· Cardinal Campeggio and Thomas Wolsey
ð "collapses" bc Campeggio says really must go back to Rome to adjourn until September, hot in Italy and that is what would happen
ð would be enough time for C of A to intercede with Pope to get the trial to go back to Rome (Charles V's aunt)
· By its collapse Mac said that the King had lost complete faith in the papacy
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