The English Reformation

England and the Church

In 1528, King Henry VIII asked the pope to annul, or cancel, his marriage.

The pope refused Henry’s request.

Henry took the Church from the pope’s control and created the Church of England.

Henry declared his marriage to Catherine of Aragon annulled, and married Anne Boleyn (the 2nd of 6 wives)

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Henry VIII

The wives of Henry VIII

Catherine of Aragon(divorced)

Anne Boleyn(beheaded)

Jane Seymour(died)

Anne of Cleves(divorced) Kathryn Howard

(beheaded)Katherine Parr

England and the Church

Henry dies and his son (9 years old) becomes king.

Protestant King Edward VI brought Protestant reforms to England.

Edward VI dies and his sister Mary takes the throne.

Queen Mary wanted to restore Catholicism to England. She had hundreds of English Protestants burned at the stake.

Mary dies and her sister Elizabeth becomes queen.

Queen Elizabeth forged a compromise between Protestants and Catholics.

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Edward VI

England and the Church

Edward VI dies and his sister Mary takes the throne.

Queen Mary wanted to restore Catholicism to England.

She had hundreds of English Protestants burned at the stake

Queen Mary wanted to restore Catholicism to England. She had hundreds of English Protestants burned at the stake.

Mary dies and her sister Elizabeth becomes queen.

Queen Elizabeth forged a compromise between Protestants and Catholics.

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Mary I

Persecution based on religion

Persecute to be harmed

Prosecute to be charged with a crime

Persecution of Protestants

England and the Church

Mary dies and her sister Elizabeth becomes queen.

Queen Elizabeth forged a compromise between Protestants and Catholics..She had hundreds of English Protestants burned at the stake

Queen Mary wanted to restore Catholicism to England. She had hundreds of English Protestants burned at the stake.

Mary dies and her sister Elizabeth becomes queen.

Queen Elizabeth forged a compromise between Protestants and Catholics.

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Elizabeth I

Elizabethan Settlement

Elizabeth I’s solution to the religious conflict created by the English Reformation. The Church of England (Anglican Church) would be Protestant in belief, but keep much of the Catholic rituals and ceremony.

Catholic Mass

Anglican communion

The Tudor Succession

Henry VII

Henry VIII

Edward VI

Mary I

Elizabeth I

James I(James VI of Scotland)