Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Most significant individual in
the Henrician Reformation
- Henry VIII
- Was a Catholic
- Defender of the faith
- He was a natural conservative
- Disliked heretical ideas - for example Tyndale
- 1539 Six Articles and 1543 King's Book
- Far more conservative than Cromwell's reforms
- Showed that he was moving in a more conservative direction in his later years
- Reluctant to start the Royal Supremacy
- However without his approval it would not have started
- Without him there would have been no reformation
- However, some Historians argue there was still no reformation with him
- Approved the dissolution of the Monasteries
- Financial motive?
- He refounded two houses to pray for his soul
- Thomas Cromwell
- Highly skilled political
operative
- Survived the fall of Wolsey and Anne Boleyn
- He rose to power because he could solve the King's problems
- He established the Royal Supremacy through the passage of legislation
- For example ... 1534 Act of Supremacy
- Oversaw a 'revolution' in Tudor government
- Notable figure in suppressing opposition
- Key role in the dissolution of the monasteries
- Promised to make Henry the richest Prince in Christendom
- Valor Ecclesiasticus
- Key religious role
- Vicegerent in religious affairs
- Ten Articles 1536
- Publication of an English Bible
- Injunctions of 1536 and 1538
- 1537 Bishops' Book
- Anne Boleyn
- A skilled political operator
- Refused to be just another notch on the King's bedpost
- Personal interest in the success of the Supremacy
- Supported the reformers cause
- Key patron to figures such as Cranmer, Latimer and Shaxton
- The 10 Bishops appointed while she was Queen were all reformers
- This means she has a long-term impact
- Executed in 1536 when found guilty of adultery
- As a result Henry came into contact with reformers
- Introduced Henry to the ideas of Tyndale and Fish
- Credited with persuading Henry to accept the English Bible
- Thomas Cranmer
- Supportive of Henry's desire for a divorce
- 1529 Collectanea satis Copiosa
- Close relationship with Henry
- Henry trusted him ore than other advisers
- Retained his support through the 1540s
- Important in persuading Henry to continue the Reformation after the fall of Anne Boleyn
- Some Historians have viewed him as a 'yes' man
- Was clearly a Protestant but kept his personal beliefs close
- Supported Cromwell's religious changes
- Resisted Henry's attempts to change the Bishops' Book