Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Subtopics Within Y8 History
- The Reformation
- The Catholic Church used to teach that after your death, your fate was decided in a large courtroom
- You either went to Hell, Heaven or Purgatory
- They said if you paid the Church, you could be free of all your sins and guaranteed a place in Heaven
- After you'd paid, you were given a slip of paper, which had been 'blessed by the Pope.' They were called indulgences
- Martin Luther
- He studied Law at Erfurt University
- Where he drank a lot and gambled
- All his friends were killed and Martin suddenly found himself lost in a storm
- He promised himself that if he survived this storm, he would change his ways for the better
- This was because he was afraid of Hell
- Luther became a monk because he believed monks were forgiven of all their sins
- Luther wrote The 95 Theses, which explained why indulgences were wrong
- He nailed them to the Church door
- Luther was excommunicated and was forced to explain his ideas to the Emperor at The Diet Of Worms
- The beginnings of Protestantism
- Although it was only intended to be a repairing if the Catholic Church
- The Gunpowder Plot - 5th November 1605
- The plot was to blow up the entire of the English governing body - including King James I
- It was to be performed by Catholics
- Before the reign of James, Catholics were forced to pay fines for not attending Protestant Church Services
- James I promised to remove these fines
- However he changed his mind and a group of Catholics (led by Robert Catesby) decided to kill the King
- The plan
- After renting a cellar beneath the houses of Parliament, the Catholics managed to sneak 36 barrels of gunpowder into the cellar
- On the night of Parliaments gathering, Guy Fawkes was left to light the fuse later that night
- There were 14 conspirators
- The result
- After the plan had been foiled, Fawkes was arrested and a team of cavalry was sent to find the others
- They were found in Holbeach House, where a big shootout took place
- The 7 survivors, as well as Fawkes, were executed, the other plotters had been killed in the shootout
- The Spanish Armada
- Took place in the 1585 war between England and Spain
- Due to a gradual worsening in relations between monarchies
- As well as England's transformation from Catholicism to Protestantism
- Phillip II of Spain sparked lots of attempts to kill Elizabeth I of England
- This was because she had encouraged her sailors to rob Spanish ships
- He saw this as a war request and they both sent troops and ships into battle
- Phillip disliked England because she sent troops to help rebels in an attempt to overthrow Phillip
- Phillip sent a crescent shaped armada of ships to circle England
- The theoretically brilliant plan failed because (due to the formation) most of the 131 ships couldn't fire.
- The Spanish ships also failed to cope with the bad British weather and were torn apart
- Henry VIII
- The King's Matter
- Henry's quest to end his first marriage
- Henry wrote a letter to the Pope requesting he grant his divorce to Catherine
- He declined his request
- An advisor of Henry advised he was head of the Church
- So he set up the Church of England
- Henry now had an exec use to take the Church's money to support funds elsewhere
- He could also divorce Catherine and marry Anne in time for the baby to be his
- His 1st and 2nd Wife
- 1. Catherine of Aragon
- In order to end his marriage, he had to completely change the country
- After Catherine became too old to have children, Henry began an affair with Anne Boleyn
- 2. Anne Boleym
- Their relationship began as an affair
- After Anne became pregnant, Henry realised he must marry her in order for the child to be the heir