HISTORY 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Acts Of Supremacy, Confessionalization, Thirty-Nine Articles
7 Jun 2017
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Lecture english reformation: facet of state-building (early modern state, process of spiritual reform. General aim: establishment of stable new dynasty. King richard iii (1485) last plantagenet ruler. Creation of new dynasty: tudors (pink rose) Royal ritual: images and language of power. The king"s great matter : divorce (1527-1532); debate over leviticus. Decoded language for henry"s pursuit of an annulment/divorce. Wants to marry anne boleyn male successor. Thomas cromwell hand picked by wolsey to serve the king. Break from the mother church unthinkable to people. The unification of church and state (1532-1535) Act for the submission of the clergy (1532) Act for the suppression of annates (1532) The act of royal supremacy (1534): king = supreme head of church and state. Severing the ties (political, religious) with catholic church. Removal of papal authority from england; dissolution of the monasteries. Henry viii and the six articles (1540); act of uniformity (1559)
