HISTORY
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Henry
VIII
The King of many wives and also known
as the King who changed religion.
How did Henry get the Throne?
You already know that his father was
Henry VII.
How many children did he have?
Who was the first heir to the throne?
He became King at the age of 17 when
his father, Henry VII, and brother,
Arthur, died. He did not expect to
become King.
He took the throne away from his brother
but also his wife: Catherine of Aragon.
(His brother’s widow)
Who was
Henry
VIII?
Fun facts about Henry
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1 2 3
His favourite
His childhood His likes
activities
Hunting and playing He was a very good Jewellery
tennis among many athlete
other activities # #
4 5
Personality Life objective
Selfish and ambitious Produce an heir
for money and power
Henry’s first child was
A GIRL
How do you
think he felt
about
having a
baby girl?
He was very
disappointed
He wanted to Divorce Catherine.
● He wanted to get his marriage annulled by the
Church because Catholic law does not permit
divorce.
● The Pope did not grant Henry the annulment.
How do you think Henry felt about that
decision?
What
does this
picture
tell you?
Why could the Pope not let him divorce?
MONARCHY
Monarchy is based on the belief that God chooses
the Kings and Queens.
In the
Because of
Catholic
this
They were linked to TheChurch
most important
the Catholic Church person is the Pope
Henry needed some help to get the
Divorce
THOMAS
The result was a series of acts
CROMWEL Henry turned to him to cutting back papal power and
get the annulment he influence in England and
He was L
part of the
desired bringing about the English
parliament.
Reformation
Henry needed some help to get the
divorce
THOMAS
While Cromwell increased
CRANME In 1533, Thomas Henry’s power in the
declared Henry’s Parliament, Cranmer
R him
Henry named
marriage as INVALID manipulated the Church law.
ARCHBISHOP OF
CANTERBURY
The
Anglicani
sm
Anglicanism is a form of Christianity. People throughout
the world belong to Anglican churches.
Anglicanism developed in England, and the
Church of England is still the main Anglican church.
Anglicanism
The Anglican church was formed when King Henry VIII separated the Church of
England from the Roman Catholic Church. He did this because The Pope refused to
grant him an annulment of his marriage. Henry wanted to keep the church as it was
except that he would be the head of the church instead of the pope.
At the time, other people in Europe were breaking away from the Catholic church
as well. This movement became known as the Protestant Reformation. Some people
in England wanted the Church of England to keep its ties to Roman Catholicism
while others wanted to see further changes as in the other Protestant churches
The King was the
HEAD of the Church
now.
Although now separated from Rome, the ENGLISH CHURCH, at this
point in history, continued to maintain the Roman Catholic theology on
many things, such as the sacraments.
Over the years, the Church of England was reformed even more, in what is
known as the ENGLISH REFORMATION, which gained a number of
characteristics which has finally formed the modern day Anglican
Communion.
Different Churches
English
Other
Protestant Church
Reformations
Calvinist Lutheran
Church Church
Roman
Catholic
Church
How do you think this affected England?
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Religious Schools were
Educated people
changes affected
The schools that were attached Henry needed educated men to
Created a rift between the to monasteries were affected as work for him. When the
Catholic and Protestants in his they were closed monasteries closed, Henry had to
country refund many monastic schools,
using his own money.
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