Elizabeth I Influence

Queen Elizabeth I’s mother is Henry VIII’s second wife, due to his love and wish of a son by Anne Boleyn. During the reign of Henry VIII, divorce was not accepted by the Church of England. Fallen in love with Anne Boleyn, Henry requested the Church termination of his marriage from his first wife Catherine of Aragon, but Pope Clement VII refused. Henry and Anne secretly married and produce a child together. Pope Clement VII ready to excommunicate Henry, Henry quickly broke off relations with the Roman Catholic Church and crowned himself head of the church in England. With ties cut with the Roman Catholic Church, Henry VIII established the Anglican Church. When Elizabeth I ascended to the throne following her sister Mary I’s death, England was …show more content…
In 1599, Queen Elizabeth I restored the Protestant Church of England. She gave ultimate control of power to the Church of England. This restoration of the Church of England is best known as "The Elizabeth Religious Settlement". The two acts composed into this settlement was The Act of Supremacy and The Act of Uniformity. The Act of Supremacy was to “firmly establish the English monarch as the official head of the Church of England, supplanting the power of the Catholic pope in Rome” (Ross, “The Act of Supremacy”). The Act of Uniformity “established a slightly revised version of the second Edwardian prayer book as the official order of worship” (Kuiper 98). Queen Elizabeth establishing The Elizabeth Religious Settlement tried to come to a fair compromise and take actions to pleased the Catholics and the Protestants. Actions to pleased the Catholics were “Bishops to remain in charge of running the Church. The same churches were to be used as Before. Services were to remain similar to the old style Catholic ones. The New Prayer Book was changed Slightly” (St Hugh's Oxfordshire). Actions to pleased the Protestants were “Cranmer’s Prayer Book was