English Reformation Parliament era

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historical era period of English history

The English Reformation Parliament era was the early 16th-century period in which England’s legislature, under Henry VIII, enacted sweeping religious and political changes that broke with the papacy and laid the foundations of the Church of England.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
English Reformation	48
English Reformation Parliament	2
establishment of the Church of England	2
Protestant Reformation in England	1
Reformation Parliament	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical era ⓘ period of English history ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	English Reformation Parliament era ⓘ surface form: Reformation Parliament
cause	Henry VIII’s desire to annul his marriage to Catherine of Aragon ⓘ conflict between Henry VIII and Pope Clement VII ⓘ financial and political motives to control church wealth ⓘ growing anticlerical sentiment in England ⓘ
context	Reformation ⓘ surface form: European Protestant Reformation Tudor dynasty ⓘ surface form: Tudor period
country	Kingdom of England ⓘ
economicImpact	transfer of some church revenues to the Crown ⓘ
endDate	1536 ⓘ
followedBy	Dissolution of the Monasteries ⓘ consolidation of the Church of England under Edward VI and Elizabeth I ⓘ
importantActPassed	Act for the Submission of the Clergy ⓘ Act in Restraint of Appeals ⓘ Act of Annates ⓘ Act of Appeals ⓘ Act of Dispensations ⓘ Act of First Fruits and Tenths ⓘ Act of Succession 1534 ⓘ Act of Supremacy 1534 ⓘ Submission of the Clergy (confirmed by statute) ⓘ Act of Supremacy 1534 ⓘ surface form: Treason Act 1534
keyFigure	Anne Boleyn ⓘ Cardinal Thomas Wolsey ⓘ Thomas Cranmer ⓘ Thomas Cromwell ⓘ Thomas More ⓘ
languageOfRecord	English ⓘ
legalImpact	assertion of the king-in-parliament as highest legislative authority in England ⓘ restriction of appeals to Rome in ecclesiastical cases ⓘ
legislativeBody	Parliament of England ⓘ
location	City of Westminster ⓘ surface form: Westminster
mainOutcome	break with the papacy ⓘ establishment of royal supremacy over the Church in England ⓘ foundations of the Church of England ⓘ
mainTheme	English Reformation Parliament era self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: English Reformation
monarchDuringPeriod	Henry VIII of England ⓘ surface form: Henry VIII
politicalChange	expansion of parliamentary statute law into religious matters ⓘ strengthening of the English monarchy ⓘ
precededBy	late medieval English Church under papal authority ⓘ
religiousChange	rejection of papal authority in England ⓘ
religiousImpact	beginning of doctrinal and liturgical changes in England ⓘ legal separation of the Church in England from the Roman Catholic Church ⓘ recognition of the English monarch as Supreme Head of the Church of England ⓘ
significance	enhanced the role of statute law in defining religious authority in England ⓘ marked the beginning of a national church independent of Rome ⓘ
startDate	1529 ⓘ

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English Reformation Parliament era → alsoKnownAs → English Reformation Parliament era ⓘ

this entity surface form: Reformation Parliament

Anglican rite → associatedWith → English Reformation Parliament era ⓘ