TITLE: THE ENGLISH
REFORMATION
LO’S:
-IDENTIFY KEY ASPECTS OF HENRY VIII’S
LIFE
-UNDERSTAND THE NATURE OF THE
CHURCH OF ENGLAND AND OUTLINE THE
STEPS THAT LED TO ITS ESTABLISHMENT
Henry VIII-Who
was he?
•He was fluent in
English, Latin,
French, and Spanish.
•He was athletic: good
at jousting, tennis,
hunting.
•poet and composer.
• Overall, an
interesting guy, and
jack of all trades.
Henry at 18
King Henry VIII of
England (15091547)
• The Pope gave Henry the
TITLE: “Defender of
THE FAITH”
• However, complications
soon led henry to make
England a protestant
nation.
Why did this happen?
What happened?
• Henry needed a male heir. Unfortunately
his wife, Catherine of Aragon, bore him only
one daughter.
• When Catherine turned 42, Henry decided
Catherine could not give him A son, so he
jetted
• CATHERINE HAD bEEN mARRIED TO HENRY’S
brother Arthur. Henry quoted the bible to
ExPLAIN gODS PuNISHmENT ‘IF A mAN TAKES HIS
bROTHER'S wIFE, THEY wILL DIE CHILDLESS’
(Leviticus 20:21)
Pleeease…?
• THE CATHOLIC CHuRCH DIDN’T PERmIT DIVORCE, buT IT
would grant annulments, which essentially say
THE mARRIAgE wASN’T LEgAL TO bEgIN wITH.
• buT, wHEN HENRY’S REquEST REACHED THE POPE,
Rome happened to be surrounded by the troops of
EmPEROR CHARLES V (CATHERINE’S uNCLE) wHO, FOR
ObVIOuS REASONS, wASN’T KEEN TO SEE THE mARRIAgE
dissolved.
• After much stalling, the Pope refused. Henry
was not pleased.
So what does
Henry do?
• He calls Parliament and in 1534 and
passes the **Act of Supremacy**,
which makes the English king the
head of the Church in England, not
the pope.
• Pope excommunicated him
*** Henry the 8th was no supporter
of Luther ***
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HENRY’S Other
Wives
Big Pimpin’
Anne Boleyn:
Beheaded
Jane Seymour
6
5
Beheaded
Anne of Cleves
Catherine Howard
Katherine Parr
Anne Boleyn
• Married 1533
• ONE OF CATHERINE’S
servants.
• IN 1536, SHE’S
accused of adultery
and treason. Henry
locks her up and
has her executed.
• Her sister was a
mISTRESS OF HENRY’S.
• Henry was nice and
got a skilled
swordsman to
behead her.
Jane Seymour
• Henry married her 11
DAYS AFTER ANNE’S
execution.
• SHE wAS ONE OF ANNE’S
servants.
• Finally bears a male heir.
• Dies almost two weeks
after the birth.
Anne of Cleaves
• Married in 1540
• Was a political
marriage for Henry.
• Once the political
advantage was gone,
Henry has the
marriage annulled.
• She fares pretty
well.
Catherine Howard
• Married 1540.
• Henry found out she
had affairs before
getting married and
may have committed
adultery.
• Got Parliament to pass
a law declaring it
treason for an
unchaste woman to
marry the king.
• SHE’S bEHEADED TwO
days later in 1542.
Catherine Parr
HENRY’S FINAL wIFE.
She had two marriages
prior to Henry, in
which she gave birth
to 0 children
During her marriage
with Henry, she gave
birth to no children
She outlasted Henry
who died 28 January
1547
The Final Tally
1510 Daughter - died
1511 Son - died
1513 Son - died
1514 Son - died
1516 Mary - survived
1518 Daughter - died
1533 Elizabeth - survived
1534 Son - died
1535 unknown - died
1536 Son - died
1537 Edward - survived
The Best looking?
3
Catherine of
Aragon
Jane Seymour
Anne Boleyn:
Beheaded
6
5
Beheaded
Catherine Howard
Anne of Cleves
Katherine Parr