HISTORY
THE RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The most important of these, the Act of Supremacy of 1534, declared the King supreme head of the English Church in place of the Pope, who had opposed his divorce from Catherine of Aragon and remarriage to Anne Boleyn.
Detailed explanation-2: -King Christian II (reigned 1513–23) attempted to reform the church, but the Reformation was brought to Denmark by King Christian III (reigned 1536–59), who had known Martin Luther and had become a Lutheran. After winning a civil war, Christian III decreed in 1536 that Denmark would be Lutheran.
Detailed explanation-3: -Why did England form a new church? England formed a new church after the pope had refused to annul Henry VIII’s marriage. Because of this, Henry requires that Parliament to pass the Act of Supremacy, which made the English king, not the pope, the leader of England’s Church.