Henry Viii Religion Fact Test

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what was the king’s great matter?

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annulment of Henry’s marriage to Catherine of Aragon to pursue his desire to marry Anne Boleyn

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what does annulment mean?

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declaring the marriage legally invalid

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when was Pope Clement VII imprisoned by the armies of the Holy Roman Emperor?

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6 May 1527

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who was sent by the pope to england to hear Henry’s case for an annulment?

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cardinal campeggio

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what crime was wolsey charged with in 1529?

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praemunire

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in what year did wolsey die of illness?

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1530

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in what year did thomas cromwell become chief minister?

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1532

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who was cromwell’s chief enemy in court?

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duke of norfolk

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what was parliament’s main focus between 1529 and 1536?

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reformation parliament- focussed on henry’s divorce and the church

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which two humanists had openly criticised the church?

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Colet and Erasmus

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what did lawyer Christopher St German successfully argue about the Church’s legal power?

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superiority of English law over the canon law of the church

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what measure did henry take against the clergy in 1531?

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collectively accused them of praemunire and fined them

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what did henry demand of the church in 1532?

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formal submission of the clergy

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who replaced William Warham as Archbishop of Canterbury?

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Thomas Cranmer

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when was Henry’s marriage to Catherine of Aragon successfully annulled?

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May 1533

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when was princess Elizabeth born?

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7 sept 1533

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what was the purpose of the act in restraint of appeals?

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prevented catherine of aragon from appealing to Rome over the annulment

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what was the purpose of the act of supremacy?

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gave legislative force to the royal supremacy which finalised the break from rome

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what was the purpose of the act of succession?

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voided the marriage to Catherine of Aragon making the succession vested in the children of Henry and Anne Boleyn

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what was the purpose of the treason act?

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it was tightened to include the spoken word so no one could label the king a ‘heretic’

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what was the purpose of the act annexing first fruits and tenths to the crown?

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increased financial burden on the clergy and strengthened royal supremacy

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when did the dissolution of the monasteries begin?

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1536

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why was the money gained by the dissolution of the monasteries only short lived?

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property was granted away or sold often below market price to finance the crown’s foreign policy

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what crime did Anne Boleyn’s enemies accuse her of?

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adultery (and also incest)

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who did Henry marry after Anne Boleyn’s execution?

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Jane Seymour

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in what year was prince edward born?

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1537

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what was the league of schmalkalden?

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organisation of german princes and free cities within the holy roman empire who supported the reformer Martin Luther

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why was Henry’s marriage to Anne of cleves unsuccessful?

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personally and politically unsuitable

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what two things was Cromwell accused of?

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treason and heresy

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when was cromwell executed?

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july 1540

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name 3 council members who came to have increased power following the death of cromwell?

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norfolk, stephen gardiner, thomas wriothesley

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what religion was Katherine Parr?

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protestant

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who was the most significant English humanist in education in this period?

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John Colet

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what type of education principles were adopted by Oxford university in this time?

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platonist

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which Dutch humanist had an influence over English humanism?

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Erasmus

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who was the most significant humanist writer in this period?

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thomas more

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what is pluralism?

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receiving profits from more than one post

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what does anti-clericalism mean?

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opposition to the political and social importance of the clergy

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what happened to Richard Hunne?

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murdered in Bishop of London’s prison in 1514

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what does Christopher Haigh argue about the extent of anticlericalism?

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relatively rare

less of a cause but rather more a consequence of the Reformation

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when did martin luther first challenge the catholic church?

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1517

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which humanist did henry appoint to be his son’s tutor?

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John Cheke

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in what year was cromwell appointed Viceregent in spirituals?

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1534

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what was the valor ecclesiasticus?

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survey set up by Cromwell in 1535 to assess the wealth of the church

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in what year was the act of parliament passed allowing the dissolution of the monasteries?

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1536

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by what year were the last of the monasteries dissolved?

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1540

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what did the 1536 royal injunctions restrict?

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the number of holy days to be observed

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what did the 1538 royal injunctions require every church to have?

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english bible

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why did Henry ask parliament to pass the act for the advancement of true religion in 1543?

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restrict reading of the bible to upper class males due to fear over loss of order and social control

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what year was the ten articles passed?

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1536

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what year was the bishop’s book passed?

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1537

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in what year was the six articles passed?

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1539

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in what year was the kings book passed?

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1543