THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION

Part II: Reformation Ideas Spread

IN ENGLAND, THE REFORMATION BEGAN WITH THE KING!

•King Henry VIII• The king who had six wives…• He wants a SON!

THE ENGLISH REFORMATION

• Was started by King Henry VIII• He and his wife only

had one surviving child, Mary Tudor; he needed a male heir

• broke away from the Church when the pope wouldn’t annul his marriage

WIFE 1: CATHERINE OF ARAGON

• Was divorced when she produced only 1 child (a daughter)• Banished to Kimbolton

Castle and dies shortly after

WIFE 2: ANNE BOLEYN

• Produced one daughter (Elizabeth)• Is executed for adultery

and treason

WIFE 3: JANE SEYMOUR

• Produces a son, Edward VI• Dies due to complications

due to Edward’s birth

ANNE OF CLEVES

• Henry thought she was beautiful after seeing a painting of her

• In the flesh, however, he found her unattractive

• The marriage was annulled 6 months later and he pursued one of her bridesmaids, Catherine Howard

CATHERINE HOWARD

• Married three weeks after Henry’s divorce with Anne.• Rumors spread of

her past and present love affairs• She was beheaded

KATERYN PARR

• Henry wanted to marry her primarily so that she could take care of him in his old age.• He dies at age 52

and she remarries but dies during childbirth.

THE REFORMATION PARLIAMENT

• Was a gathering that led to the decision that England was no longer under the authority of the pope.

• Act of Supremacy • Subjects were required to take an oath declaring Henry

VIII to be “Supreme Head of the Church of England”

LONGSTANDING EFFECTS OF HENRY VIII

• His legitimate children: Mary, Elizabeth, and Edward (dies).• Queen Mary I or “Bloody Mary” • Raised Catholic like her mother Catherine of Aragon; she

reestablished the Catholic Church in England. She killed many protestants and had approximately 300 heretics burned at the stake.

• Queen Elizabeth I • Raised Protestant and ruled England for 44 years. Ruled

during the Spanish Armada, and never married…known as the Virgin Queen.