England Becomes

Protestant

King Henry

VIII

I. King Henry VIII--(1527)wanted a divorce from his wife so he could marry a younger wife who would produce a male heir, but the pope refused because

divorce was forbidden by the Church

1. 1529--Henry VIII and Parliament ended the Pope's power in England

2. 1533--Henry divorced wife, Catherine of Aragon and married Ann Boleyn

3. 1534--Act of Supremacy--Parliament make English King, NOT the Pope the official head of England’s Church

The Six Wives of Henry VIII

"King Henry the Eighth, to six wives he was wedded: One

died, one survived, two divorced, two beheaded."

"divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived"

1. Katherine of Aragon

Divorced

Mary Boleyn

Sister to Anne and mistress to Henry

2. Anne BoleynBeheaded

3. Jane SeymourDied two weeks after childbirth to Edward

King Edward VI

3. Jane SeymourDied two weeks after childbirth to Edward

4.Anne of ClevesDivorced

5.Kathryn HowardBeheaded

6.Katherine ParrWidowed

The Family of Henry VIIILeft to right:

Philip and Mary with War, Henry VIII, Edward VI,Elizabeth I with Peace and Plenty

King Edward VI (Protestant)Son of Jane Seymour

Queen Mary (Catholic)

Daughter of Catherine of Aragon

Queen Elizabeth (Protestant)

Daughter of Anne Boleyn

I. Elizabeth I—(1533-1603) Ann Boleyn’s daughter who inherited throne in 1558

1. Elizabeth was Protestant

2. Protestant—applied to Christians who

belonged to non–Catholic churches

3. Elizabeth created an official Protestant

Church of England called the

Anglican Church

1. The Spanish Armada—(1588)—a religious war in which Catholic Spain (King Philip II) attacked Protestant England (Elizabeth I)

“I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and a king of England, too, and I think foul scorn [of]…any prince of Europe [who] should invade the borders of my realm.”

A. WHY? a. Religious war—Catholic vs. Protestant

b. Competition for trade

c. Rival for power

A. RESULT—Bad weather and superior fleet nearly

destroyed the Spanish Armada

I. Calvinism:

1. John Calvin—influenced by Luther

A. Taught/Preached:

a. Predestination—whatever happened to a

person after death was predetermined by

God

b. “The elect”—those who would go to

heaven

New Christian religions

pop up all over Europe during the

Reformation, ENDING RELIGIOUS UNITY

IN EUROPEFOREVER!

Map on Page 434