New Warm Ups/Activities for the week Looking at Henry VIII today Videos Religion Activity

Wednesday, November 28th

This is Justin Bieber. You have two minutes to jot down what you think of him and explain why.

Warm Up

You have just come up with INTERPRETATIONS of Justin Bieber.

An interpretation is somebody’s opinion, explanation or idea of an event, person

or time. Interpretations may not always agree, for example:

Some people feel that Justin Bieber is an good singer and musician. Other people think he is bad singer and a bad role model

These different interpretations have been made by different people about Justin Bieber, but does that make one of them wrong?

Source A:“After dinner we were taken to see King Henry VIII. The king is very good looking. Tall and strong with auburn hair. He speaks many languages and plays sport as well as any man in England. He is a young man who will soon be 25 years old”.A description of Henry VIII written by a Ambassador to Henry’s court.

Source B:“By the time he died in 1547 he was massively overweight, trusted no one, was easily annoyed and was a very dangerous man to fall out with”.Written by a modern historian.

What do these sources tell us about interpretations?

Today we are going to look closer at Henry VIII ourselves, and try to form our own

interpretations of him.

Henry VIII – What type of King was he?

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King of England Henry needed a male heir,

his father had become king after a civil war and he feared a similar war would happen if he didn’t have a son

Henry VIII

He was married to Catherine of Aragon

She was previously married to his brother, Henry VII, but he died young They also married young (15 and 16)

and lived as brother and sister They were both religious Henry VIII even wrote a book called

“The Defense of Seven Sacraments.”

The Defense of Seven Sacraments defended the many sacraments of the Catholic church that were being attacked by the reformers as needless and repetitive

Defense of Seven Sacraments

This book earned Henry VIII the title of “Defender of the Faith”

bore Henry many children. They were either still born or lived a brief time.One daughter, Mary, survived.

•Catherine of Aragon

Henry’s convinced his wife, 42, is too old to have more children

He wanted to divorce her and find a younger wife, but the church law did not allow divorce

But, the pope could annul the marriage if there was proof the marriage wasn’t legal in the first place

The Pope should have granted Henry VIII the annulment because annulments for lesser reasons had occurred amongst European Royalty

• Annulment

The pope denied Henry’s annulment request because he didn’t want to offend Catherine’s powerful nephew- Charles V, the Holy Roman Emperor

Henry decides to solve the problem himself He called Parliament into session and asked it to

pass a set of laws ending the pope’s power in England

This is known as Parliament Reformation

Henry’s Solution

Henry took the bold move to separate from the Catholic Church

He appointed Cardinal Wolsey to help him

He asked (or forced) his followers to take an oath of supremacy

The Act of Supremacy made the English King head of the Church of England. It was signed in 1534.

Sir Thomas More, a friend of Erasmus, was executed for refusing to sign the oath

Henry’s attitude became more extreme over time

Originally, he did not intend to change the doctrines at all.

He just wanted to be the head of the church and not subject to the Pope’s authority.

Once the separation began, many reformers in England saw this as a welcome move

These reformers closely followed the development of Lutheranism on mainland Europe

Henry VIII was in love with Anne Boleyn—this gave him another excuse to pursue the separation from Rome

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Anne would not become his mistress. She wanted to be Queen or nothing else

Their courtship went on for almost seven years. Henry VIII risked all for his lust of Anne Boleyn

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Henry VIII confiscated monastic lands and church wealth as the English Reformation ensued

The monasteries were dissolved.The land and wealth was passed out to Henry’s loyal followers

Many monasteries and abbeys fell into disrepair and ruin Their ruins

inspired the Romantic poets of the early 19th century

Other church buildings were saved when they became Protestant Churches

Many churches suffer vandalism when their statues and windows are smashed in an anti-Catholic reaction

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Now back to the drama…

Henry marries Anne Boleyn in 1532

They have a daughter, Elizabeth, in 1533

Henry moves quickly to eliminate Anne when she gives birth to a still born son a year and a half later

Anne was put on trial, and the accusations against her were solicited under torture.

Anne was executed by a French Swordsman at the Tower of London in 1536

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She left the baby Elizabeth who will eventually become England’s greatest Queen

Henry goes on to have four more wives.

More wives….

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Within 24 hours of Anne Boleyn’s execution, Henry married Jane Seymour

In 1537, Jane gave Henry a son- prince Edward Jane died 2 weeks after the birth due to complications

during child birth Henry was extremely upset and in love with her

Jane Seymour

Henry was impressed with the portrait of Anne of Cleves by Hans Holbein

Henry had a contract drawn up, and married his 4th wife

He was disappointed with her appearance, and was now attracted to another young lady

She was lucky- Henry simply divorced her after 7 months

Anne of Cleves

16 days later, he married Kathryn Howard, Anne Boleyn’s cousin

Henry was 49, and she was 19 Henry had gained a lot of weight and was

in a lot of pain, while she was a free spirit Less than a year into the marriage, rumors

of her infidelity began She was beheaded and laid to rest near

her cousin, Anne Boleyn

Kathryn Howard

Wife number 6 (and the last one), Katherine Parr married Henry when she was 31

Their marriage lasted for over 3 years and ended when Henry died in 1547

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After Henry’s death, all 3 children eventually rule creating religious turmoil

Edward became king at age 9 and ruled just 6 years until he died at age 15 from tuberculosis

Edward’s oldest half-sister Mary ruled next

Elizabeth rules longest of all

After Henry VIII

So, as we end this part of our story, we can recall the ditty:Henry VIII had six wives—One divorcedOne beheadedOne diedOne divorcedOne beheadedOne survived

England is now Protestant. . .but stay tuned. .

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