HIS 1120 Lecture Notes - East India Company, Thomas Cranmer, The Columbian Exchange
17 Mar 2014
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The english civil war and the glorious reformation were driven by religious issues. England in general was very roman catholic, however, he and pope always disagreed over authority. Declared fidei defensor by the pope for writing against the pope (defender of the faith) Illegal to own a copy of the english bible. Dynastic worries; daughter mary, but no son . Henry vii: won a battle against two families. Catherine of aragon; was married to arthur (only a few months) Henry meets anne boleyn; wants to marry her. H asks pope to annul marriage to catherine of a. Cardinal wolsey; advisor to h; caught plotting against anne boleyn. Died before henry could put him on trial. Henry viii went to the ecclesiastical court that the marriage to c of a was against god and validated the marriage to anne. The act of supremacy; king is the head of the church of england.
