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Period: 1509 to 1547
Henry VII's reign
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1533
Act in Restraint of Appeals
Gave the King the legal power to annul marriages. -
1534
CoE separated from the Roman Catholic Church
The King's divorce with Catherine of Aragon led to this.
That is when the schism happened. -
1534
Act of Supremacy
The King was made "Supreme Head of the Church of England" -
Period: 1536 to 1541
Disbandment of the monasteries by the Crown
Because Henry VIII decided that they were bastions of "popery". -
Period: 1536 to 1537
Rebellions in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire
They were called the "Pilgrimage of Grace".
They were against the dissolution of the monasteries and the Reformation. -
Period: 1547 to 1553
Edward VI's reign
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1549
Publication of the Book of Common Prayer
The revision of the mass-book.
Roman Catholic practices were eradicated, the marriage of the clergy was allowed. -
Period: 1553 to 1558
Mary I (Tudor)'s reign
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Period: 1555 to 1558
Protestantism was confined to secrecy
Heretics were burned, over 200 Protestants went to the stake thus Mary's surname (Bloody Mary). -
Period: 1556 to
Elizabeth I's reign
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1559
Act of Supremacy
About the Church organisation;
- abolished the authority of the Pope
- restored the authority of the Queen over the Church
- she became "Supreme Governor of the Church of England" -
1559
Act of Uniformity
About Religious belief;
- every parish had to use the Book of Common Prayer
- people who did not attend an Anglican service were fined -
Period: 1563 to 1571
The 39 articles of faith
Doctrine;
- stated the doctrine (religious belief) of the Church
- 3 important changes: a new ecclesiology/a new doctrine of Salvation/a new definition of sacraments and of the mass
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1569
The Northern Rebellion
Rebellion against religious reforms.
An attempt to replace Queen Elizabeth by Mary, Queen of Scots. -
1581
the 1581 Act
- It provided for the death penalty for any person converting, or already converted to Catholicism
- It was now forbidden to participate or celebrate the Catholic Mass
- Anglican services were compulsory.
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Oliver Cromwell
Tried to resolve the tensions. -
Period: to
James I of England and VI of Scotland
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The Gunpowder Plot
A conspiracy devised by a small group of Catholics to blow up Parliament and kill James I. -
Period: to
James I rules without Parliament
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Period: to
The Thirty Years' War
England at war with France and Spain -
James I summoned a Parliament to ask for money for war
Parliament did not favor a direct military attack on the Spanish forces which angered James. Parliament then answered with a Protestation and James tore the Commons' Protestation and dissolved Parliament. -
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Charles I
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The Petition of Rights
Request to the King to recognize the illegality of extra-parliamentary taxation, billeting, martial law, imprisonment whitout trial.
Wanted to get Charles to recognize that there were limits to his powers. -
Attempt to impose a Book of Common Prayer for the Kirk
Which led to Scottish opposition. -
The Scottish National Covenant
It was a petition opposing Charles' religious policy, it called for the spiritual independance of the Scottish Church to be maintained. It was signed by Charles' leading opponents in Scotland. -
Abolition of Episcopacy in the Kirk
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Period: to
Bishops' War
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Charles calls a Parliament for the first time in 11 years
he needed money to fight the Scots -
Covenanters challenge the power of the King
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The Irish Rebellion
Massacres of English Protestants.
- Loss of economic and political power + religious tensions -
Truce between Confederation and Charles' forces
In Ireland -
Period: to
War in Ireland, England and Scotland
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The Second Civil War
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Abolition of the monarchy and the House of Lords
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The Instrument of Government
Document that established the English Protectorate.
- Attempt at reforming the Constitution -
Cromwell dissolves Parliament
He also becomes "Lord Protector" -
The Humble Petition and Advice
Attempt at reforming the Constitution