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Period: 1509 to 1547
Henry VIII and the break with Rome
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1517
Martin Luther writing the Ninety-Five Theses
The 95 Theses were expressions of Martin Luther's opinions about the practices and beliefs of the Catholic Church -
1526
The Tyndale Bible
(The New Testatment translated into English by William Tyndale) -
1534
Act of Supremacy
Henry VIII Under his reign, the church of England separated from the Roman Catholic Church -
1537
English Bible
Permission was given for an English Bible and not a Latin one. They were soon made mandatory in every church -
Period: 1547 to 1553
Edward VI: the young king
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1549
Book of Common Prayer
The imposition of the Prayer Book (which replaced Latin services with English) led to rebellions in Cornwall and Devon. -
1553
Mary I (Tudor) became the first Queen of England
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Period: 1553 to 1558
Mary I (Tudor) and the Catholic Restoration
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1559
The Act of Uniformity
Act of the Parliament of England, passed in 1559, to regularise prayer, divine worship and the administration of the sacraments in the Church of England -
Period: 1563 to 1571
The 39 articles of faith
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1569
The Northern Rebellion
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1570
Pope Pius V issued the papal bull “Regnans in Excelsis”
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1571
Treasons Act
the act made punishable by death any acts of treason, including harming the royal family, waging war against the state, or speaking maliciously of the queen. -
1581
Act of abjuration
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The Babington plot
The Babington Plot was a plan in 1586 to assassinate Queen Elizabeth I, a Protestant, and put Mary, Queen of Scots, her Catholic cousin, on the English throne -
The execution of Mary Queen of Scots
