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1534
Break from Rome
Under the Act of Supremacy, Henry was made the Head of the English Church.
Parliament can now pass laws on religion -
1536
Act of 10 Articles
Imposed Lutheran ideas
- favoured by Cranmer -
1536
Start of monastery dissolution
Monasteries worth less than £200/yr dissolved -
1539
Act of 6 Articles
Repealed much of the previous Act of 10 Articles to favour a more Catholic Doctrine
- supported by Gardiner -
1540
All Monasteries dissolved
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1547
July: Protestant literature
Book of Homilies and Erasmus' Paraphases
- to educate the laity
Protestant literature in every church
Superstitious images removed -
1547
November-December Acts
Chantries Act. Repealed Act of 6 Articles
- no official doctrine. Repealed Treason Act
- allowed free discussion; led to rioting EG. iconoclasm and milleniarists. -
1548
Feb - Image removal accelerated
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Jan 15, 1549
Cranmer's Prayer Book and Act of Uniformity
New Prayer Book introduced.
Enforced by Act of Uniformity.
Introduced Protestant ideas but with wording ambiguous enough to even satisfy Catholics.
Consubstantiation made doctrine. -
Oct 11, 1549
SOMERSET ARRESTED
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Dec 1, 1549
Dec: Removal of images and clerical marriage laws
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1550
New Ordinal
Removed purgatory.
Did not remove ceremonial vestment - sparking conflict between Ridley and Hooper. -
Nov 1, 1550
Communion tables
Altars replaced with wooden communion tables.
Still had to kneel. -
Jan 1, 1552
2nd Book of Common Prayer
Enforced by 2nd Act of Uniformity.
Strongly Protestant.
Eucharist: Lords' Supper; plain black robes; confirmation abolished
Black Rubric Proclamation: explained kneeling in communion was to maintain order, not for idolatrous reasons -
Jul 6, 1553
EDWARD DIES
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Aug 18, 1553
Mary's First Proclamatoin
No printing without permission but no book destruction yet mentioned.
No 'papist' or 'heretic' labels.
Parliament sung mass; bells rang; 7 London churches dressed Catholic -
Oct 1, 1553
Act of Repeal
Restored religion to 1547 -
Oct 1, 1553
Arrests
Cranmer, Latimer, Hooper, Ridley arrested -
Oct 1, 1553
Act of Supremacy NOT repealed
Parliament refused -
Dec 1, 1553
Mary gave up title of Supreme Head of the Church
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Apr 1, 1554
Spring Royal Injunctions
Deprived married clergy
- 25% affected; 90 in Bath and Wells
Restored Catholic practices
- such as holy days
Deposed Protestant bishops
- such as the Arch-Bishop of York -
Nov 1, 1554
2nd Act of Repeal
Restored religion to 1529
- before HVIII began to stray from Roman Catholicism -
Nov 2, 1554
Papal Authority restored
Cardinal Pole returns as legate.
Under Pope Julius III -
Feb 1, 1555
First Burning
Biblical translator John Rogers -
Apr 1, 1555
Heresy Laws
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May 1, 1555
Pope Paul IV
Overtook Pope Julius III
Less supportive of Mary's regime -
Oct 1, 1555
Ridley and Latimer burned
Oxford -
Mar 1, 1556
Cranmer burned
Oxford -
Jun 1, 1557
Pope Paul IV attempts to remove Cardinal Pole
Attempted to bring Pole to Rome to accuse him of heresy.
Mary refused to let him go and refused his replacement -
Nov 17, 1558
MARY AND POLE DIE