Act of Supremacy 1534
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The Act of Supremacy 1534 was a landmark English law by which Henry VIII broke from papal authority and declared himself supreme head of the Church in England, initiating the English Reformation.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Act of Supremacy 1534 canonical | 15 |
| Act of Supremacy | 1 |
| Act of Supremacy 1559 | 1 |
| Acts of Supremacy | 1 |
| Oath of Supremacy | 1 |
| Treason Act 1534 | 1 |
| establishment of the Church of England | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T193329 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Act of Supremacy 1534 Context triple: [Church of England, keyEvent, Act of Supremacy 1534]
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A.
Act of Settlement 1701
The Act of Settlement 1701 is a landmark English statute that established the Protestant succession to the English throne and significantly shaped the constitutional monarchy and parliamentary sovereignty in Britain.
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B.
Petition of Right 1628
The Petition of Right 1628 was a landmark English constitutional document that challenged King Charles I’s abuses of power by asserting fundamental rights such as protection from arbitrary imprisonment and taxation without Parliament’s consent.
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C.
The Statutes of the Realm
The Statutes of the Realm is an authoritative multi-volume collection of English and later British parliamentary statutes, covering legislation from the medieval period through the early modern era.
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D.
Acts of Parliament
Acts of Parliament are formal laws enacted by the UK Parliament that constitute the primary source of statutory law in the United Kingdom.
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E.
Defender of the Faith
Defender of the Faith is a traditional honorific used by British monarchs signifying their role as the supreme governor and protector of the Church of England.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Act of Supremacy 1534 Target entity description: The Act of Supremacy 1534 was a landmark English law by which Henry VIII broke from papal authority and declared himself supreme head of the Church in England, initiating the English Reformation.
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A.
Act of Settlement 1701
The Act of Settlement 1701 is a landmark English statute that established the Protestant succession to the English throne and significantly shaped the constitutional monarchy and parliamentary sovereignty in Britain.
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B.
Petition of Right 1628
The Petition of Right 1628 was a landmark English constitutional document that challenged King Charles I’s abuses of power by asserting fundamental rights such as protection from arbitrary imprisonment and taxation without Parliament’s consent.
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C.
The Statutes of the Realm
The Statutes of the Realm is an authoritative multi-volume collection of English and later British parliamentary statutes, covering legislation from the medieval period through the early modern era.
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D.
Acts of Parliament
Acts of Parliament are formal laws enacted by the UK Parliament that constitute the primary source of statutory law in the United Kingdom.
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E.
Defender of the Faith
Defender of the Faith is a traditional honorific used by British monarchs signifying their role as the supreme governor and protector of the Church of England.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Act of Parliament of England
ⓘ
English Reformation statute ⓘ |
| assertedDoctrine | royal supremacy ⓘ |
| category |
1534 in England
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1534 in law ⓘ English Reformation legislation ⓘ |
| consequence |
execution of John Fisher
ⓘ
execution of Thomas More ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| dateEnacted | 1534 ⓘ |
| declaredMonarchTitle | Supreme Head of the Church of England ⓘ |
| declaredSupremeHead |
Henry VIII of England
ⓘ
surface form:
Henry VIII
|
| effect |
ended papal authority in England
ⓘ
initiated the English Reformation in England ⓘ legalized royal supremacy over the Church in England ⓘ made the English church independent of Rome ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Dissolution of the Monasteries
ⓘ
surface form:
Dissolution of the Monasteries Acts
|
| hasSubject |
authority of the English monarch over the church
ⓘ
authority of the Pope ⓘ relationship between church and state ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Tudor dynasty
ⓘ
surface form:
Tudor period
|
| imposedOath |
Act of Supremacy 1534
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Oath of Supremacy
|
| influenced |
Elizabethan religious settlement
ⓘ
surface form:
Elizabethan Religious Settlement
|
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| legalArea |
constitutional law
ⓘ
ecclesiastical law ⓘ |
| locationOfEnactment |
City of Westminster
ⓘ
surface form:
Westminster
|
| monarchDuringEnactment |
Henry VIII of England
ⓘ
surface form:
Henry VIII
|
| motivatedBy |
Henry VIII’s desire to annul his marriage to Catherine of Aragon
ⓘ
conflict between Henry VIII and Pope Clement VII ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
John Fisher
ⓘ
Thomas More ⓘ |
| parliament | Parliament of England ⓘ |
| penaltyForRefusalOfOath | treason ⓘ |
| placeOfJurisdiction | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| regnalYearCitation | 26 Hen. VIII c. 1 ⓘ |
| relatedDocument |
Act in Restraint of Appeals 1533
ⓘ
Act of Succession 1534 ⓘ |
| relatedEvent |
Dissolution of the Monasteries
ⓘ
English Reformation Parliament era ⓘ
surface form:
English Reformation
|
| religiousJurisdictionTransferredFrom | Pope ⓘ |
| religiousJurisdictionTransferredTo |
Kingdom of England
ⓘ
surface form:
English Crown
|
| repealDate | 1554 ⓘ |
| repealed |
Elizabethan religious settlement
ⓘ
surface form:
Act of Supremacy 1559
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| repealedBy | Mary I of England ⓘ |
| restoredBy |
Elizabethan religious settlement
ⓘ
surface form:
Act of Supremacy 1559
|
| statedThat | the King’s Majesty justly and rightfully is and ought to be the supreme head of the Church of England ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Act of Supremacy 1534 Description of subject: The Act of Supremacy 1534 was a landmark English law by which Henry VIII broke from papal authority and declared himself supreme head of the Church in England, initiating the English Reformation.
Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Acts of Supremacy
this entity surface form:
establishment of the Church of England
this entity surface form:
Oath of Supremacy
this entity surface form:
Treason Act 1534
this entity surface form:
Act of Supremacy 1559
this entity surface form:
Act of Supremacy