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.


Statements (47)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament of England
English Reformation statute
assertedDoctrine royal supremacy
category 1534 in England
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
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repealed Elizabethan religious settlement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"
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

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Henry VIII of England enacted Act of Supremacy 1534
Dissolution of the Monasteries follows Act of Supremacy 1534
this entity surface form: "Treason Act 1534"
Act of Supremacy 1534 imposedOath Act of Supremacy 1534
this entity surface form: "Oath of Supremacy"
Church of England keyEvent Act of Supremacy 1534
Tudor dynasty knownFor Act of Supremacy 1534
this entity surface form: "establishment of the Church of England"
Supreme Head of the Church of England legalBasis Act of Supremacy 1534
Parliament of England significantEvent Act of Supremacy 1534
this entity surface form: "Acts of Supremacy"

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