LITERATURE QUESTIONS
CULTURAL AND LITERARY ENGLISH RENAISSANCE
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Catholicism
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Protestantism
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Buddhism
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Roman Catholicism
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Detailed explanation-1: -Once titled “defender” of the Catholic church, Henry’s personal circumstances would drive him to break his Catholic ties and found the Church of England.
Detailed explanation-2: -Henry VIII was the first monarch to introduce a new state religion to the English. In 1532, he wanted to have his marriage to his wife, Catherine of Aragon, annulled. When Pope Clement VII refused to consent to the annulment, Henry VIII decided to separate the entire country of England from the Roman Catholic Church.
Detailed explanation-3: -In 1534, Henry declared that he, not the Pope, was the head of the Church in England. This sparked the English Reformation . The break with Rome eventually triggered England’s transition to being a Protestant country.