HST 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Thomas Cranmer, Protestant Reformation, Petrarch
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Hst 111 notes - discussion - oct 16, 2015. Made henry head of the english catholic church. He was entitled to determine what is and isn"t heretical. He is entitled to all church profits. Sells land, gives/bribes the nobles to support him. Edward vi follows - he is young, doesn"t really rule himself - his. Followed by mary i (bloody mary: he is protestant, she is roman catholic, tries to undo what henry and edward did, under her archbishop cranmer (highest church official) is cabinet does killed. Heresy: people get jailed for a year (seen as much lighter than previous rulers who killed heretics) Elizabeth says that as long as people don"t rant about their religion, you can do what you want privately. Because of her long reign she united england and helped get past what tore apart other nations. But, this compromise of religion is seen as wishy-washy. Significance: what major events can we connect to petrarch (loosely)
