The Reformation in England

Edward VI

(12 October 1537 - 6 July 1553) was King of England and Ireland from 28 January 1547 until his death. He was crowned on 20 February at the age of nine. _____'s reign was marked by economic problems and social unrest that, in 1549, erupted into riot and rebellion. An expensive war with Scotland, at first successful, ended with military withdrawal from Scotland as well as Boulogne-sur-Mer in exchange for peace. In February 1553, at age 15, Edward fell ill. When his sickness was discovered to be terminal, he and his Council drew up a "Devise for the Succession," attempting to prevent the country's return to Catholicism.

Mary I

(18 February 1516 - 17 November 1558) was the Queen of England and Ireland from July 1553 until her death. Her executions of Protestants caused her opponents to give her the sobriquet "Bloody Mary". Is remembered for her restoration of Roman Catholicism. She had over 280 religious dissenters burned at the stake in the Marian persecutions. Her re-establishment of Roman Catholicism was reversed after her death in 1558 by her younger half-sister and successor Elizabeth I.

Henry VIII

(28 June 1491 - 28 January 1547) was King of England from 21 April 1509 until his death. He was Lord, and later assumed the Kingship, of Ireland, and continued the nominal claim by English monarchs to the Kingdom of France. The second monarch of the Tudor dynasty, succeeding his father, _____ VII. Besides his six marriages, ______ ___ is known for his role in the separation of the Church of England from the Roman Catholic Church. Known for his radical changes to the English Constitution, ushering in the theory of the divine right of kings to England.

Elizabeth I

(7 September 1533 - 24 March 1603) was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. Sometimes called The Virgin Queen, Gloriana or Good Queen Bess, the childless ______ was the fifth and last monarch of the Tudor dynasty.

How was the reformation halted/reversed?

1538, a proclamation was issued forbidding free discussion of the Sacrament and forbidding clerical marriage, on pain of death. {On 28 June 1540 Cromwell, Henry's longtime advisor and loyal servant, was executed. Many other arrests under the Act followed. Cranmer lay low.}

English Reformation

A series of events in 16th-century England by which the Church of England broke away from the authority of the Pope and the Catholic Church. These events were, in part, associated with the wider process of the European Protestant Reformation, a religious and political movement that affected the practice of Christianity across most of Europe during this period. Many factors contributed to the process: the decline of feudalism and the rise of nationalism, the rise of the common law, the invention of the printing press and increased circulation of the Bible, the transmission of new knowledge and ideas among scholars, the upper and middle classes and readers in general. However, the various phases of the English Reformation, which also covered Wales and Ireland, were largely driven by changes in government policy, to which public opinion gradually accommodated itself.

Compare and Contrast reformation between continent and England.

Henry broke with Rome and established the Protestant Church of England for political, financial, and dynastic reasons, not religious or moral ones. The English Reformation was centralized in England and controlled by King Henry VIII. The Protestant Reformation was totally based on reforming the Catholic Church. It had many people involved and was widespread across Europe. The English Reformation was the series of events in 16th-Century England by which the Church of England first broke away from the authority of the Pope and the Roman Catholic Church. Based on Henry VIII's desire for an annulment of his marriage, the English Reformation was at the outset more of a political affair than a theological dispute. The reality of political differences between Rome and England allowed growing theological disputes to come to the fore. Before the break with Rome, it was the Pope and general councils of the church that decided doctrine. Church law was governed by the code of canon law with final jurisdiction in Rome. Church taxes were paid straight to Rome and it was the Pope who had the final say over the appointment of bishops. The split from Rome made the English monarch the Supreme Governor of the English church by "Royal Supremacy", thereby making the Church of England the established church of the nation. Doctrinal and legal disputes now rested with the monarch and the papacy was deprived of revenue and the final say on the appointment of bishops. The Protestant Reformation, also called the Protestant Revolt, was the European Christian reform movement that established Protestantism as a constituent branch of contemporary Christianity. It began in 1517 when Martin Luther published The Ninety-Five Theses, and concluded in 1648 with the Treaty of Westphalia that ended years of European religious wars. The Reformation led to a series of religious wars that culminated in the Thirty Years' War, which devastated much of Germany, killing between 25 and 40% of its population.

How did the english reformation begin?

The _____ _______ started when Henry VIII wanted a divorce from his wife Catherine of Aragon because he believed that she was incapable of producing a male heir to the English Throne.

Reformation w/o Henry VIII?

The divorce is the trigger. He Broke off from the roman catholic church and became head of the church of England. (This is how divorce became allowed.)

Protestantism established in England?

{1600's} Under Elizabeth's rule. The faith, practice, and church order of the Protestant churches.