Frise chronologique

By Zyoui
  • 1534

    Schism

    The Church of England separated from the Roman Catholic Church
  • 1534

    Act of Succession

    An act that made Ann Boleyn a legitimate queen
  • 1534

    Henry VIII’s excommunication

    The Pope declared that Ann Boleyn isn’t Henry VIII’s wife and excommunicated Henry VIII
  • 1534

    Act of Supremacy

    The king is made « Supreme Head of the Church of England ».
  • Period: 1536 to 1541

    Confiscation of monasteries’ lands and income

    The crow takes the monasteries’ land and income.
  • Period: 1536 to 1541

    Dissolution of monasteries

    The smaller monasteries disappear first then the bigger follow the next years.
  • Period: 1536 to 1537

    Pilgrimage of Grace

    A lot of rebellion caused by the dissolution of monasteries
  • 1537

    Authorization of an English Bible

  • 1537

    Birth of Edward VI

  • Period: 1545 to 1563

    Council of Trent

    The council held in the Italian city of Trent.
    The Roman Church attempted to correct some of the abuses of the church and condemned protestant heresies.
  • 1547

    Henry VIII‘s death

  • Period: 1547 to 1553

    Protestant England

    Edward VI pushed England toward Protestantism
  • Period: 1547 to 1553

    Edward VI’s reign

    Edward VI became king when he was 9 year old and he died from tuberculosis when he was 15 year old.
  • 1549

    Publication of the Book of Common Prayer

    The revision of mass-book lead to the publication of this book. It was introduced by Henry VIII
  • 1553

    Poor laws

    This established the idea that the governments had a responsibility for helping the poor but it established a distinction between the « deserving poor » and the « undeserving poor ».
    + very harsh laws against beggars and vagrants
  • Period: 1553 to 1558

    Mary I’s reign

  • Period: 1555 to 1558

    Catholic England

    Persecution of protestants
    -> over 200 protestants are burnt
  • 1558

    Mary I’s death

  • Period: 1558 to

    Elizabeth I’s reign

  • Period: 1558 to 1570

    England between Catholicism and Protestantism

    Elizabeth I wanted to return to Protestantism but she needed a compromise for the sake of national unity.
  • 1559

    Act of Supremacy

    • abolished the authority of the Pope
    • restored the authority of the Queen over the Church
  • 1559

    Act of Uniformity

    • every parish had to use the Book of Common Prayer
    • people who did not attend an Anglican, service were fined
  • 1559

    1559’s speech

    Elizabeth give a speech about her being married to her country
  • Period: 1563 to 1571

    The 39 articles of faith

    • started the doctrine of the church
    • 3 important changes : a new ecclesiology, a new doctrine of Salvation and a new definition of sacraments and of the mass
    • still in use today
  • 1568

    Arrival of Mary of Scots in England

    Mary of Scots was involved in a civil war in Scotland and had to flee to England. She was prisoner in England for 19 years.
    Mary was Elizabeth’s cousin and hier.
  • 1569

    The Northern Rebellion

    A rebellion against religious reforms and an attempt to remplace Queen Elizabeth I by Mary, Queen of Scots.
  • 1570

    Elizabeth I’s excommunication

    Pope Pius V excommunicated the queen.
  • 1570

    Pope Pius V’s papal bull

    The Pope issued the papal bull « Regnans in Excelisis »
    -> give Catholics license to kill the queen with the certainly that it would not be seen as a crime by Rome.
  • Period: 1570 to

    England under Protestantism

    Catholic were persecuted because Protestantism was associated with patriotism ( and the Pope excommunicated the queen )
    -> 163 persons killed during repression during 1577 and 1603.
  • 1571

    Treasons Act

    A response to the Pope’s attack, a law that made it treason for anyone to say that Elizabeth was not the true queen of England and Wales.
  • Period: 1577 to 1580

    Francis Drake’s discovery

    Francis Drake traveled around the world and discovered an area that he named after the Virgin Queen.
  • 1581

    The 1581 act

    It provide for the death penalty for any person converting or already converting to Catholicism.
    It was now forbidden to participate or celebrate the Catholic Mass.

  • Babington plot

    Young Catholics had sworn to kill Elizabeth and put Mary Stuart on the throne.

  • Execution of Mary of Scots

    She was framed for complicity ( Babington plot ) and sentenced to death.

  • Tilbury speech

    A speech given by the queen to the troops that reinforced her legitimacy and a proof of the extraodinary qualities of the queen.

  • Defeat of the Spanish Armada

    The Catholic king of Spain attempted to invade England but failed.
    England wins thanks to a material advantage ( new fleet and new strategy ) and a human advantage ( more sailors ).

  • Poor laws

    This established the idea that the governments had a responsibility for helping the poor but it established a distinction between the « deserving poor » and the « undeserving poor ».
    + very harsh laws against beggars and vagrants

  • Poor laws

    This established the idea that the governments had a responsibility for helping the poor but it established a distinction between the « deserving poor » and the « undeserving poor ».
    + very harsh laws against beggars and vagrants

  • Elizabeth I’s death

  • Virginia the first permanent English settlement

    Virginia became the first permanent English settlement in North America.