The Reformation

Pilgrimage of Grace

was a rebellion that demanded the restoration of Catholicism

Reformation of England

was both a political and religious movement.

Lady Jane Grey

was crowned queen upon Edward's death

lollards

Followers of Wycliffe

nepotism

Granting favors or appointments to one's own relatives.

Guildford Dudley

Northumberland's son and Lady Jane Grey's husband

simony

Obtaining a church office by paying for it

Anglican

Referring to the Church of England

Archbishop Cranmer

Reformer who prepared a new prayer book

Somerset

became lord protector

Calvin

believed that the church should be led by elders. prohibited many personal practices of Protestants, such as gambling and dancing

Northumberland

deposed Somerset

John Knox

established the Presbyterian Church in Scotland

Act of the Six Articles

established the doctrine of the Anglican church.

Zwingli

expressed a comprehensive reform of religious practices and beliefs;the Lord's Supper symbolized Christ;a simplified church organization;preached in:Zurich, Switzerland

Martian Luther

expressed the pope could not forgive sinners himself; faith in God would lead to salvation;the worship service should not be conducted only in Latin; translated bible into German

Robert Kett

led rebels against enclosures

Mary Tudor

restored Protestantism to England.

Geneva

soon became a haven for those Protestants seeking escape from persecution. Some six thousand Protestants came from England, France, Italy, Scotland, and Spain. Calvin worked diligently to serve these refugees

Frederick the Wise

supported Luther

John Wycliffe

the Englishman that denounced clerical abuses and questioned papal authority;most important contribution was his translation of the Bible into the English language.

Elisabeth I

the daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, succeeded as queen of England in 1558. Although her father Henry VIII had been popular, this popularity had died out since his reign. With the throne, Elizabeth inherited the threat of a civil war and several other problems. Foreign relations were tangled. England was at odds with both France and Spain. Elizabeth was a well-qualified person to meet the challenges of her reign. She had inherited Tudor traits of shrewdness and the ability to deal efficiently with people. She had been educated and had acquired a great deal of experience with people and problems. Elizabeth also had a great deal of self-confidence, having survived all the plots against her. A very complex woman, Elizabeth combined the traits of a politician with those of a petulant, willful child.

John Huss

the man that spread Wycliffe's beliefs in Bohemia

diet

A formal assembly to discuss and act upon public or state affairs.

theocracy

A government in which God, or a god, is recognized as the supreme civil ruler and in which religious authorities rule the state as God's or a god's representatives.

Anabaptists

Adult baptism, peace, separation of church and state, and no swearing of oaths were beliefs of them

papal bull

An official statement issued by the pope

Henry VIII

was first married to Catherine of Aragon;he want an annulment to his first marriage because he want an male heir;he became head of the Church of England as a result of the Act of Supremacy passed by Parliament in 1534.

Ninety-Five Theses

were proposals;Martin Luther nailed his Ninety-Five Theses to the door of the church at Wittenberg. Some of the ideas Luther expressed included the belief that the pope himself could not forgive sinners, but was only God's representative.

Act of Supremacy

which proclaimed the king as the head of the Church of England, called the Anglican Church.