Timeline Julian FAURE Groupe n°3

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  • 1491

    Birth of Henry VIII

  • 1509

    Henry VIII become king of England

  • Period: 1509 to 1547

    Henry VIII and the break with Rome

  • 1517

    The Ninety-Five Theses

    Martin Luther, a german monk and a professor in theology denounce the indulgences and nailed his critique of them to the door of the University of Wittenburg
  • 1526

    The Tyndale Bible

    The New Testament is translated into English by William Tyndale
  • 1527

    Henry VIII want to break his marriage with Catherine of Aragon

    Henry VIII want to divorce Catherine of Aragon because she first has been married with his brother Arthur who died in 1502 and the Old Testament forbide the marriage of man with his brother's wife. Another reason he gave was that she didn't give him any male heir. But the true reason is that he wanted to marry Ann Boleyn because he was in love with her.
  • 1529

    The Pope rejects Henry's petition for a divorce.

  • 1533

    Henry VIII marry Ann Boleyn

    Because he did it without the Pope agreement Ann Boleyn is not considered as her wife and Henry is excommunicated
  • 1534

    Schism between the Church of England and Roman Catholic Church

  • 1534

    Act of Supremacy

    The king was made "Supreme Head of the Church of England"
  • 1536

    Smaller monasteries had disappeared

    the greater one followed two years later
  • Period: 1536 to 1541

    The dissolution of the monasteries and the Pilgrimage of Grace

    monasteries were disbanded and the Crown appropriated their income and land (which makes 25% of the land). All valuables were confiscated and melted down
  • 1537

    Permission was given for an English Bible and not a Latin one

    They were soon made mandatory in every church
  • Period: 1545 to 1563

    Council of Trent

    The Pope instructed the English Catholics to not attend Anglican Churches services
  • 1547

    Death of Henry VIII

  • Period: 1547 to 1553

    Edward VI : The young king

  • 1549

    Publication of the Book of Common Prayer

    Roman Catholic practices were eradicated The marriage of clergy was allowed The imposition of the Prayer book led to rebellionsin Cornwall and Devon.
  • 1553

    Edward VI die from tuberculosis

  • 1553

    Mary Tudor becomes the first Queen of England

  • Period: 1553 to 1558

    Mary I and the Catholic restauration

  • Period: 1555 to 1558

    "Blood Mary"

    Because Mary Tudor was against Protestantism and wanted to bring Catholicism back protestants were considered as heretics and were burned down. Under her reign over 200 Protestants were burnt alive. Protestants were forced to flee the country, thry were the "Marian exiles".
  • 1558

    The death of Mary I

    her death was greeted as she turned the nation against her. Before dying she asked Elizabeth to carry the Catholic reforms. she said the the would "follow God's will".
  • 1559

    The Act of Uniformity (1559)

    • Every parish had to use the Book of Common Prayer
    • people who didn't attand an Anglican service were fined.
  • 1559

    Act of Supremacy (1559)

    • Abolished the authority of the Pope
    • restaured the Queen's authority over the Church
    • She became "Supreme Governor of the Church of England"
  • Period: 1559 to 1563

    New Legislation

  • Period: 1563 to 1571

    The 39 articles of faith

    3 important changes : a new ecclisiology, a new doctrine of Salvation, a new definition of sacrements and of the mass
  • 1570

    Pope Pius V excommunicates Elizabeth

    in response in 1571 the Treasons Act is made were it made treason to say that Elizabeth was not thetrue Queen of England and Wales
  • Period: 1577 to

    163 persons were killed during repressions in 26 years

  • 1581

    the 1581 Act

    • it provided the death penalty for any per converted to Catholisism
    • it was now forbidden to participate or celebrate the Catholic Mass
    • Anglican services were compulsory : £20 per month fine.

  • The Babington plot

    Young Catholics ha sworn to kill Elizabeth and put
    Mary Stuart on the throne but but their strategies were discovered by Francis Walsingham, when he managed to decipher a coded letter between Marie Stuart and this group.

  • The executution of Mary Queen of the Scots

    She was executed in 1587 in Fotheringham Castle, wearing a bright red dress, the colour of Catholic martyrs.

  • The defeat of the Spanish Armada