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“Henry VIII transformed the English Church between 1529 and 1547" -…
“Henry VIII transformed the English Church between 1529 and 1547"
Break from Rome
Henry's decision to pass 'The Act of Supremacy' in 1534 officially made him Supreme Head of the Church of England, this decision had been spurred on by Cromwell
This took Henry from 'sire' to 'majesty' as he was now head of state and church
CAVEAT: The pope arguably did not have that much influence in the first place, throughout English history, the Pope made appointments to senior religious institutions, however the accepted practice was that the King really made appointments and the Pope simply approved
Things such as the Act of Annates helped further establish this authority, where he moved funds from Rome straight to the Crown
1532 - submission of the clergy
1532 - Protestant Cranmer was appointed archbishop of Canterbury
1533 - Act of Restraint of Appeals
Doctrinal change
The act of ten articles abolished 4 of the 7 catholic sacraments, but kept baptism, the eucharist and penance
Anne Askew + John Lambert
English bible - Bishop's book, 4 other sacraments were found but were less impotant
Dissolution of the monasteries:
Monastries owned A LOT of land, around 25% of all farmland in England
Cromwell was appointed as Vicar General, where he oversaw the dissolution of the monasteries, had had some experience in this area as he worked for Thomas Wolsey (who dissolved a couple of monasteries during his time as minister)
Monasteries played a major part in local life, they often acted as hospitals, schools, charity etc
Cromwell claimed there had been 'widespread immorality' found in monasteries, but it is likely that this was exaggerated so both him and Henry had an excuse to use their sale for war funds
Cromwell had also (no surprise there) been the ones to assess the value of the monastries, and discovered their sale had the potential to double the crown's income
1536 dissolution of smaller monastries
1539 dissolution of larger monastries
1540 court of augmentations dealt with the funds raised by monastery dissolution