key figures of Henry VIII's reign

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Anne Boleyn
The second wife of Henry VIII and mother of Elizabeth I. A key figure in the break with Rome and the Reformation as well as factional politics. Beheaded on trumped up charges of treason on May 19th, 1536.
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The Boleyns
Had risen from a family of Norfolk merchants through marriage into the Howard family. Mary and Anne’s relationships with the king where used to advance the family.
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William Tyndale
Protestant author of a Bible translated into English and The Obedience of a Christian Man given by Anne Boleyn to Henry VIII.
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Catharine Howard
Cousin of Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII’s choice of fourth wife. Was nineteen at the time of her marriage and used by the conservative Howards to regain status following the Henrician Reformation. Beheaded for adultery with Thomas Culpepper in 1542.
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Archbishop Warham
A former Lawyer who went into the church, a clever diplomat for Henry VII who had arranged the Spanish marriage. Continued as Archbishop of Canterbury under Henry VIII but would later show reservations to the Act of Supremacy.
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Charles V
Held vast swathes of Europe being both King of Spain and Holy Roman Emperor (an elected post) his lands stretched from South America to Spain and eastern Europe. Held the pope hostage after the battle of Pavia stopping Henry VIII divorcing Charles’ aunt C
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Duke of Cleves
Anne of Cleves’ brother. A leader of the small Duchy of Cleves and a committed protestant.
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Elizabeth Barton
The ‘Holy Maid of Kent’ a figure of protest against Henry VIII and his break with Rome. Used prophecies to speak out vocally against Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn.
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Francois I (Francis I)
King of France, a key rival of Henry VIII. A supporter of Humanism and the arts with a magnificent court. Met with Henry at the Field of Cloth of Gold in 1520.
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Guistinaini
The Venetian Ambassador at the start of the reign of Henry VIII.
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Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey
The son of Thomas Howard. Held large estates and profited well from the Reformation and enclosure in Norfolk. The last person executed by Henry VIII for presuming to place the coat of arms of Prince Edward in his town house in Norwich.
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James IV
Defeated by Henry VIII at the battle of Flodden in 1513. King of Scotland the ‘auld enemy of England’.
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James V
Successor of James IV of Scotland. Father to Mary Queen of Scots.
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John Fisher
Bishop and key opponent of Henry VIII’s break with Rome. Executed for refusing to accept Henry VIII’s authority over the church of England.
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Margaret Tudor
Henry VIII’s sister, wife of James IV of England.
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Martin Luther
A German Monk who questioned the practises and excesses of the Catholic church. Nailed his 95 theses to the door of the castle church at Wittenberg and helped to spark the spread of Reformist ideas across Europe.
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Pope Julius II
Had provided Henry VIII with the papal dispensation to marry his brother’s widow Catharine of Aragon.
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Pope Leo X
Gave Henry VIII the title Fidei Difensor for his Assertio Septum Sacromentorum.
(aka Defender of the Seven Sacraments)
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Pope Clement VII
Pope at the time with the break with Rome. Unwilling to meet Henry’s demands especially after Rome was sacked by the forces of Charles V.
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Richard Fox
Bishop of Winchester from 1501 – 1528.
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Robert Aske
Leader of the Pilgrimage of Grace, the rising against the dissolution of the monasteries and changes to the church in October 1536.
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Sir Thomas More
A former lawyer, friend of the young Henry VIII. Made Lord Chancellor after the fall of Wolsey and swiftly fell himself after his refusal to accept Henry VIII’s supremacy.
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Stephen Gardiner
Risen to a Bishopric under the patronage of Thomas Wolsey. Key player in the divorce and Reformation. Toed the party line – was even reinstated as a Bishop under Mary.
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Thomas Cranmer
Rose to a position of prominence with the patronage of the Boleyns. Part of the group of radical reformists at Cambridge. Henry VIII’s post-Reformation Archbishop of Canterbury.
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Thomas Cromwell
A patron of Thomas Wolsey and then key player in the Reformation and the Dissolution of the Monasteries, made Earl of Essex before his fall on account of the Cleves marriage.
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Thomas Fitzgerald
Earl of Kildare, led a rebellion against Henry VIII in 1536.
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Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk
Uncle to Anne Boleyn and Catharine Howard. Leader of the conservative faction against Cromwell.
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William Tyndale
Protestant author of a Bible translated into English and The Obedience of a Christian Man given by Anne Boleyn to Henry VIII.
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Had risen from a family of Norfolk merchants through marriage into the Howard family. Mary and Anne’s relationships with the king where used to advance the family.

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The Boleyns

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Protestant author of a Bible translated into English and The Obedience of a Christian Man given by Anne Boleyn to Henry VIII.

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Card 4

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Cousin of Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII’s choice of fourth wife. Was nineteen at the time of her marriage and used by the conservative Howards to regain status following the Henrician Reformation. Beheaded for adultery with Thomas Culpepper in 1542.

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Card 5

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A former Lawyer who went into the church, a clever diplomat for Henry VII who had arranged the Spanish marriage. Continued as Archbishop of Canterbury under Henry VIII but would later show reservations to the Act of Supremacy.

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