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Henry VIII (chapters 7-12) - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Pressuring the Pope
        1531 - clergy accused of praemunire
        1532 - Restraints of Annates
        1532 - Supplication against the Ordinaries
        1532 - Submission of Clergy
      - Marriage to AB
        Known by Dec 1532 that Anne was pregnant, couple married in a secret ceremony in Jan 1533. According to Catholic Church this was invalid, but the child was legitimate in English law but unfortunately a girl.
      - Acts of Parliament 1533-34
        Act in Restraint of Appeals - Monarch possessed an imperial jurisdiction which was not subject to any foreign power, appeals could not be made to Rome, Catherine could not appeal
        Act of Succession 1534 - Marriage with Catherine void, succession in AB's children, denying marriage to AB was treason
        Act of Supremacy 1534 - Gave legislative force to the royal supremacy, "Supreme Head of the Church of England
        Treason Act 1534 - Treason could be committed by spoken word as well as by deed or writing
        Act Annexing First Fruits and Tenths to the Crown 1534 - Increased the financial burden on the Clergy, and strengthened the royal supremacy. Most important policy was the dissolution of the monasteries (confiscation of church lands to the crown)
      - Fall of AB
        Cromwell was insecure in his position and felt threatened by AB, He allied with the conservatives and together they persuaded Henry that Anne's flirtatious manner had led to adultery. AB accused of adultery (treasonous for the wife of a monarch) and was execute in May 1536. Henry was widowed and free to marry Jane Seymour.
      - Fall of Cromwell
        By 1540 Cromwell's influence was declining. He had failed to manage the king's marital affairs satisfactorily. Tried to gain back Henry's support with suggesting his marriage to Anne of Cleves but the two were not a match and tha marriage was quickly annulled. Cromwell was accused of treason and heresy at a council meeting and was executed July 1540.
      - Gov in Henry's last years 1540-47
        Conciliar gov was restored, fall of Cromwell saw the emergence of a Privy council with fixed membership. Problems created by Henry's marital issues which helped shift the balance of power to the conservatives (Gardiner and Wriothesley)
      - Political rivalries
        Norfolk had overlooked the unfortunate fact that his niece (Catherine Howard) was sexually experienced and was accused of having sexual relations with a distant cousin and was executed Feb 1542, Norfolk was politically ruined. As the King's health began to deteriorate political rivalries intensified ad whoever had most influence when the king died would most likely retain power under his son. Edward Seymour could rise to power as Norfolk's reputation had already been damaged by CH and his son's treason. Norfolk's death was spared by Henry's death in Jan 1547.