This continued until Henry VIII, so desperate to produce a male heir, broke Papal control over England and named himself Head of the Church that taught an offshoot of Christianity based on the teachings of Martin Luther, the Protestant Church of England. This change did not make much difference, as the main different was the head of the Church and belief about divorce. Many more changes came after Henry died in 1547 and Edward VI became king. Edward, led by his advisors, moved England completely from Catholicism and to Protestantism. He passed laws such as making churches and bishops more plain, services be said in English and creating the Book of Common Prayer in 1549 and a refined version in 1552.
A new religion was created by Henry VIII, called Protestant. This authorized people to divorce if they were unhappy about their marriage. This made all the pope, monks and priests very irritated and angry. Henry’s hunger for power slowly increased; he wanted to dissolve the monasteries as he felt strongly about controlling the church his way. Although Henry was king of England, he thought that the pope might have more control over the people in England.
He also made a start on reforming religion; in July 1547 he introduced the Book of Homilies and paraphrases, a religious document that had to be placed in every Church. Then in December 1547 the Act of Six Articles was repealed, this was a document that had re-established Catholic Doctrines. All of these policies were reforming religion and moving towards the Protestant way of running the Church, and Edward hoped that the introduction of Protestant readings, for example Cranmer’s first prayer book in 1548, would lead people to begin to convert to Protestantism. However religious revolution progressed far further under John Dudley the Duke of Northumberland, following Somerset’s fall from power. Despite originally being more conservative himself, and supporting that side of the Privy Council, he understood the need for religious reform under Edward and in 1550 all conservatives and Catholic Bishops, such as Gardiner, were
• From 1678 to 1681 the idea of another Catholic plot called ‘The Popish Plot’ which was at the time entirely fictional , was to kill Charles II the protestant King in order to bring back King James II, a Catholic to the throne. Importance • In January 1606 the failed plotters were found guilty of high treason (trying to kill the king). They were hung, drawn and quartered. • Many Protestants in England were very pleased with the failure of the Catholic plot because it looked as though God had stopped it and so the Protestant religion was the correct religion. Durability • The current queen’s ‘Yeoman of the Guard’ still searches the cellars of the Houses of Parliament before each state opening… just in case!
But you win some and you lose some. One in particular was the war against Spain, differences in religion and conflicts dealing with power and wealth in the new world made this war arise. This war went on for 16 years. Queen Elizabeth eventually died, and James I of England took the throne. In 1603 the war ended, and King James I issued a degree that all acts of piracy must be stopped.
In 1213 he collected so much money from taxes that half of all the coins in England were his to spend. By doing this he aggravated the Barons, good Kings consult their Barons when handling big decisions but John didn’t. The facts suggest that the Barons got irritated when John didn’t consult them when important matters were being discussed; this was another long term cause of the rebellion. Another long term cause for the rebellion was the disagreement over the church. In 1205 John was in discrepancy with the Pope over who ought to be the new Archbishop of Canterbury, just like his father had done, John refused to let Stephen Langton, the Pope’s
Even though France was catholic Cardinal Richelieu saw a chance to take down Spain and the Hapsburgs by fighting for the Protestants. This tactic worked for France and it became the most powerful country in Europe, but they fought for the other religion for balance of power. Louis XIV was a very proud catholic and said that “I am state”, and since he was catholic everyone will be catholic in France. He also revoked the Edict of Nantes, this
When Phillip had England under his influence he could manage the English Channel therefore allowing Spanish troops to be simply supplied also the Spanish ships could gain quick access to the Spanish Netherlands. English pirates had been damaging Spain’s silver trade. The Spanish also despised the fact that men like Sir Francis Drake where allowed to rob ships even though the Queen had full knowledge of these situations. Once Sir Francis Drake and his crew attacked a ship carrying a silver cargo it sunk and its content stolen this proved a very expensive defeat for the Phillip. Mary Queen of Scots was executed in 1587 in England by order of Queen Elizabeth.
At the start of king Charles reign things were already looking odd for him because the things he chose to do where completely against parliaments plans. Parliament had to know what the king was doing before he did it but because he never told them what was happening. Parliament and Charles friendship was crumbling gradually. In 1625 Charles married Henrietta Maria, the fifteen year old daughter of Henri IV of France who was a catholic she had her own chapel and priest. Puritans and protestants started to put up posters against the church and the king in 1637 archbishop laud put the people making the posters in trial and those found guilty were severely punished .
Since they were great friends, Henry II thought this would give him the perfect opportunity to control both the Church and all other aspects of England. Henry II had believed that the Church courts punished much more lightly than the royal courts did. This is mainly why he wanted control over both and he had believed with the appointment of his good friend, Thomas Becket, he could easily control all of that. Becket originally did not want the position as Archbishop; he thought being chancellor gave him as much power as he could have wanted. He had also written to Henry II, “our friendship