English Reformation Parliament era

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The English Reformation Parliament era was the early 16th-century period in which England’s legislature, under Henry VIII, enacted sweeping religious and political changes that broke with the papacy and laid the foundations of the Church of England.

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instanceOf historical era
period of English history
alsoKnownAs Reformation Parliament
cause Henry VIII’s desire to annul his marriage to Catherine of Aragon
conflict between Henry VIII and Pope Clement VII
financial and political motives to control church wealth
growing anticlerical sentiment in England
context European Protestant Reformation
linked to: Reformation

Tudor period
linked to: Tudor dynasty
country Kingdom of England
economicImpact transfer of some church revenues to the Crown
endDate 1536
followedBy Dissolution of the Monasteries
consolidation of the Church of England under Edward VI and Elizabeth I
importantActPassed Act for the Submission of the Clergy
Act in Restraint of Appeals
Act of Annates
Act of Appeals
Act of Dispensations
Act of First Fruits and Tenths
Act of Succession 1534
Act of Supremacy 1534
Submission of the Clergy (confirmed by statute)
Treason Act 1534
keyFigure Anne Boleyn
Cardinal Thomas Wolsey
Thomas Cranmer
Thomas Cromwell
Thomas More
languageOfRecord English
legalImpact assertion of the king-in-parliament as highest legislative authority in England
restriction of appeals to Rome in ecclesiastical cases
legislativeBody Parliament of England
location Westminster
linked to: City of Westminster
mainOutcome break with the papacy
establishment of royal supremacy over the Church in England
foundations of the Church of England
mainTheme English Reformation
monarchDuringPeriod Henry VIII
politicalChange expansion of parliamentary statute law into religious matters
strengthening of the English monarchy
precededBy late medieval English Church under papal authority
religiousChange rejection of papal authority in England
religiousImpact beginning of doctrinal and liturgical changes in England
legal separation of the Church in England from the Roman Catholic Church
recognition of the English monarch as Supreme Head of the Church of England
significance enhanced the role of statute law in defining religious authority in England
marked the beginning of a national church independent of Rome
startDate 1529

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Thomas Cranmer participantIn English Reformation Parliament era
Protestant Christianity hasHistoricalEvent English Reformation
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Kingdom of England event English Reformation
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Henry VIII of England notableFor English Reformation
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Henry VIII of England notableFor establishment of the Church of England
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Edward VI of England associatedWith English Reformation
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Fidei Defensor retainedAfterEvent English Reformation
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History of England coversEvent English Reformation
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Matthew Bible denominationContext English Reformation
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English Church in Wittenberg connectedTo English Reformation
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Tyndale Bible associatedWithEvent English Reformation
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Bishops' Bible historicalPeriod English Reformation
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Anglican rite associatedWith English Reformation
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Anglican Church of Canada religiousTradition English Reformation
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Act of Supremacy 1534 relatedEvent English Reformation
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Lords Spiritual in the House of Lords constitutionalBasis establishment of the Church of England
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Forty-Two Articles historicalContext English Reformation
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Joan (first wife) associatedWith English Reformation
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English Reformation Parliament era alsoKnownAs Reformation Parliament
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English Reformation Parliament era mainTheme English Reformation
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English Separatist movement partOf English Reformation
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Scottish Reformation influencedBy English Reformation
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Jane Seymour associatedWithEvent English Reformation
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Crown of Ireland Act 1542 historicalContext English Reformation
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Crown of Ireland Act 1542 relatedEvent English Reformation Parliament
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Martin Bucer influenced English Reformation
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Congregationalism historicalOrigin English Reformation
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William Tyndale influenced English Reformation
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Thomas Cranmer movement English Reformation
subject linked to: Thomas
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Thomas Cranmer participantIn English Reformation
subject linked to: Thomas
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Thomas Cranmer participantIn English Reformation Parliament
subject linked to: Thomas
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Tudor chroniclers mainSubject English Reformation
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Dissolution of the Monasteries cause English Reformation
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Dissolution of the Monasteries partOf English Reformation
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Whitby Abbey partiallyRuinedBy English Reformation
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Article XXXI Of the one Oblation of Christ finished upon the Cross historicalContext English Reformation
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Lollardy influenced English Reformation
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David Starkey hasSubject English Reformation
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Matthew Parker era English Reformation
subject linked to: Archbishop Matthew Parker
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Separatists historicalContext English Reformation
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Greyfriars, Newgate, London dissolvedDuring English Reformation
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Supreme Head of the Church of England historicalPeriod English Reformation
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Supreme Head of the Church of England associatedWithEvent English Reformation
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Catherine of Aragon associatedWithEvent English Reformation
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Anne Boleyn notableEvent English Reformation
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Catherine Howard associatedWith English Reformation
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Catherine Parr supported English Reformation
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The Art of Prophesying historicalPeriod English Reformation
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A Golden Chain associatedWithMovement English Reformation
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Hever Castle associatedWith English Reformation
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