england becomes protestant goals: 1.understand the reasons for the reformation in england
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England becomes Protestant
Goals:
1.Understand the reasons for the Reformation in England
Henry VIII• 1509 – Becomes king (18)
• Devout Catholic
• “Defender of the Faith”
Wife #1 Catherine of Aragon
• Married in 1509
• 1516 – Daughter Mary
• 1527 – Catherine too old
• Needed male heir or…Civil War
• Henry asks for annulment
• Charles V would not let pope do this
Reformation Parliament• Legalized Henry’s divorce• Declared Henry leader of Church in England• Act of Supremacy – People take oath
recognizing divorce and Henry head of church
• Thomas More - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gP-DYiJfw6g
• Henry seized all church property and sold to nobles
Wife #2Anne Boleyn
• Married in 1527
• Daughter: Elizabeth
• 1536 – Still no male child
• Beheaded
Wife #3Jane Seymour
• 1536 – Married
• Edward born
• Jane dies in childbirth
Wife #4-6Ann of Cleves
• Wife #4 – Ann of Cleves
• German Princess
• Wife #5 – Catherine Howard
• Committed adultery – Beheaded
• Wife #6 – Catherine Parr
• More of a nurse than a wife
Henry’s Succession
• 1548 – Henry died
• Edward becomes king (9-15)
• 1553- Mary becomes queen
Mary
• Devout Catholic
• Tried to restore England
• Resulted in Civil War
• “Bloody Mary”
Elizabeth I
• 1558 - Became Queen
• Restored Protestantism
• Church of England (Anglican)
• Tried to keep Protestants and Catholics happy