HISTORY
THE RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION
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Act of Supremacy
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Peace of Augsburg
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Council of Trent
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Edict of Worms
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Detailed explanation-1: -In 1534 Parliament passed the Act of Supremacy which defined the right of Henry VIII to be supreme head on earth of the Church of England, thereby severing ecclesiastical links with Rome.
Detailed explanation-2: -King Henry VIII (famous for his many wives) is considered the founder of the Church of England.
Detailed explanation-3: -Henry married Anne Boleyn in January 1533 after his marriage to Katherine of Aragon was declared ‘null and void’ by the obliging Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Cranmer. The following year, the Act of Supremacy declared Henry ‘the Supreme Head on earth of the Church of England’.
Detailed explanation-4: -Professor Susan Doran discusses Henry VIII and the Reformation, looking at the Catholic devotional texts that were owned by the king, his break with the Catholic Church and the development of the English Bible following the Reformation.