King Henry VIII: Bad Husband Or Father, Good King?

The Protestant Reformation was when the Catholics were being judged on whether their ways of their church were wrong. It was also when another religion was formed out of that religion with the changes that were thought to be wrong. This was happening from 1500 to 1700.

Among the religions and beliefs during the 16th century, there were different opinions on how to run society and the government. Martin Luther and John Calvin were two leaders in the Protestant Reformation who wanted change in the Catholic Church. Although Luther and Calvin were similar in the political authority and ecclesiastical, they differed on religion and society.

He was in love with Mazarin’s niece, Marie Mancini. Yet, King Louis XIV married Maria Theresa, the daughter of King Philip IV of Spain in 1660. He did this to try and bring peace between the two countries. They had six children. Only one child survived into adulthood. Maria Theresa died in 1683. He was never faithful to Maria Theresa during their marriage. He had many mistresses with whom he had children with. He had five children with Louise de La Vallière. His second wife was Françoise d'Aubigné. They were either married in October of 1683, or January of

The Protestant and English reformation were both reforms that took place in the 16th century against the Roman Catholic Church. Comparatively these reformations are alike and different in some sense. For example, Two leaders led these reforms and went against the church’s beliefs for different purposes.For personal reasons , King Henry VIII went against the church, whereas Martin Luther knew the church could not offer him salvation amongst other reasons.

The 95 theses is a list of questions and propositions for debate. Legend has it that on October 31, 1517 Luther defiantly nailed a copy of his 95 theses to the door of the Wittenberg Castle church. In essence, his Theses called for a full reform of the Catholic church and challenged other scholars to debate with him on matters of the church policy. The 95 thesis were to be used by as the basis for a discussion on this topic.It challenged the teachings of the Catholic Church on the nature of penance, the authority of the pope and the usefulness of indulgeneces.

Martin Luther created a whole new branch and the first one out of many that differed from catholicism greatly. Soon after the creation of protestantism, also known as lutheranism, many other branches broke off from Catholicism like calvinists, anabaptists, methodists, and many more. He also was the reason that the Catholic church got together to create the Holy Office and initiate the Catholic Reformation, otherwise known as the counter-reformation. He also was a factor in many peasant revolts like the German Peasant revolts. Likewise, King Henry VIII triggered the new branch from lutheranism called anglican, and the church called The Anglican Church which still lives to this day. He also paved way to a new reformed branch called the puritans, which were concerned of purifying the english church of any catholic influence left. This also resulted in many succession issues as the successors to the throne were catholic and protestants. Also many wars between the branches sprung from there. Whilst they had different initial reasons and they had carried out different actions in order to reform Christianity, they had come to create different branches and set into action the forever going changes in that

King Henry is renowned for the religious reformation. King Henry split from the Catholic church in 1534 because of the dispute he had with the pope, who wouldn’t allow henry to get divorced. Henry’s decision to split from the Catholic church was a very significant part of ancient history. Henry’s motivation to split from the church was not only about him wanting a divorce but Henry saw it as a political advantage as many people thought the Catholic church were abusing the power they had. In 1532 Henry declared Thomas Cranmer as the archbishop of Canterbury and in 1534 Cranmer supported the act of supremacy which led to the eventual split of the two religions later on. After 16 years of helping Henry, Thomas Wolsey was accused of treason and was taken into custody and died. Henry’s actions made had very big impacts on society because standing up and going against a Pope who was very high in power and a big

The Protestant Reformation took place in the 16th century in Europe. This reformation was led by reformers such as Martin Luther and John Calvin. Martin Luther and John Calvin disputed the Church’s views and what they defined Christianity as. Not only did this reformation lead to changes in religious and spiritual life but it also led to consequences for politics and society. The Protestant Reformation caused outbreak in war, which showed the demand for reform to take place.

¬The Protestant Reformation was a religious movement that started in 1517. It was made to reform the Catholic Church. People wanted their religion to be simple and not have so many rules. Also, they did not like the fact that the Pope had so much power. This movement caused Protestants and Catholics to fight each other over their religious views.

As the Renaissance and Reformation went on, people began to think that the Church just wanted money and power. It is somewhat true, though, because they were trying to stay in power with all of the people questioning if the Church was actually good. (Document 5) Through the Reformation came the increased power of lower level rulers--kings and queens--which also meant their kingdoms or states became more powerful than the Roman Church and the Roman Empire began to weaken and Europe fell into political

When Henry VIII received a daughter rather than a son, he believed he was being punished for marrying and sleeping with Catherine, his brother’s wife, and he sought an annulment. After Catherine’s nephew, Charles V, held the pope hostage to prevent the annulment, Thomas Cranmer and Thomas Cromwell, two Protestants, decided to help Henry VIII to get him away from the church. After getting him an annulment, Henry made himself the head of the new church due to the Act of Supremacy. This lead to the Dissolution, which took the wealth and land from the church and gave it back to Henry. After he wrote a new Bible, had a son with his third wife, and aided the Protestant Reformation, he died. His only son Edward took the throne at the age of nine and followed in his father’s footsteps. Aiding the Protestant Reform he allowed priests to marry and introduced the Book of Common Prayer. Unfortunately, he died at the age of 15 and Mary took the throne. She reversed the Protestant reform progress and threw out all previous reforms, executed or exiled many Protestants for heresy, and gave the pope his authority back. Once Mary died though, Elizbeth took the throne and, to maintain the Protestants support, reinstated the Act of supremacy and reintroduced the Book of Common Prayer. She did try to gain Catholic’s support as well but by the end of her reign, Catholicism was against the law. Being a priest was even considered a crime that led to many accusations of treason. It was under Elizabeth’s rule that Protestantism was able to

During the 16th century, the Protestant Reformation challenged the beliefs and trusts of the Catholic Church. Between the years of 1517 to 1648, the Protestant Reformation began a time of testing the ideologies of the Church; this resulted in extreme political, religious and social shifts in the Church of England. Protestant reformers began to object the language that the Bible was written in and therefore translated it into various other languages, most notably in English. These religious shifts in Europe initiated changes to the ideology and beliefs of Popes, Bishops, and Priests. This was further fuelled by the influence of the Kings, and the power they held over his people especially King Henry. It essentially also changed the meaning and definition of a number of phrases and words within the bible; one being the word ‘witch’. When this word was translated from Latin, not only did it change the meaning, but also influenced behaviour towards certain groups in society. There are

King Henry VIII started the English Reformation when he wanted to divorce his wife, Catherine of Aragon, when she failed to birth a son. The Roman Catholic Church did not believe in divorce. Henry got the Archbishop to grant his divorce, against the Pope’s will.

Cromwell’s next revolutionary, perhaps controversial idea for the Church of England was the translation of the bible, converting it from Latin to English. As previously mentioned, Henry was reluctant in directing his new church away from Catholicism, rather shaping it around the same traditional practices. Nonetheless, Cromwell pursued the king, who was at this time with his new love, Jane Seymour and in a particularly good mood. Persuading the king was almost like a second language for Cromwell at this point and after the pull of his ear, Henry consented. John Schofield describes this as Cromwell’s “Crowning mercy” by convincing Henry. However according to Stephanie A. Mann, Henry still disapproved of the English bible being read in private,

The Renaissance was a period during which Europe flourished through the middle ages. The Renaissance comes from the French word rebirth. Given the name Rebirth, it was not only a historical period in Europe, but also the emerging of a new spirit of intellectual and creative review. It was the main feature in the religious, political, and theoretical sensation. Moreover, it represents the renewal of the spirit of both Rome and ancient Greece and for literature, a new meaning in the analysis of famous writers of classical literature. The Renaissance did not only affect many nations in Western Europe, it also affected other nations, cities, and regions internationally. Dramatists revitalized and reinventing the classical traditions