English Reformation Parliament era

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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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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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Thomas Matthew associatedWithMovement English Reformation Parliament era
this entity surface form: English Reformation
Guild of Corpus Christi dissolvedInContextOf English Reformation Parliament era
this entity surface form: English Reformation
Parker Library manuscript collection subject English Reformation Parliament era
this entity surface form: English Reformation
Presbyterian–Independent conflict religiousContext English Reformation Parliament era
this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation in England
Myles Coverdale associatedWith English Reformation Parliament era
this entity surface form: English Reformation
Marian persecutions mainSubject English Reformation Parliament era
this entity surface form: English Reformation
Marian persecutions follows English Reformation Parliament era
this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation in England
Hampton Court Conference hasContext English Reformation Parliament era
this entity surface form: English Reformation
Tudor conquest of Ireland religiousContext English Reformation Parliament era
this entity surface form: English Reformation
Coverdale Bible religiousContext English Reformation Parliament era
this entity surface form: English Reformation
Wilton Abbey dissolutionContext English Reformation Parliament era
this entity surface form: English Reformation
Elizabethan religious settlement follows English Reformation Parliament era
this entity surface form: English Reformation
Choral Evensong historicalPeriodOfDevelopment English Reformation Parliament era
this entity surface form: English Reformation
Francis Marbury movement English Reformation Parliament era
this entity surface form: English Reformation
Act in Restraint of Appeals 1533 historicalPeriod English Reformation Parliament era
this entity surface form: English Reformation
Thomas Cromwell movement English Reformation Parliament era
this entity surface form: English Reformation
Act in Restraint of Appeals context English Reformation Parliament era
this entity surface form: English Reformation
Act in Restraint of Appeals relatedTo English Reformation Parliament era
this entity surface form: English Reformation Parliament
Act of First Fruits and Tenths partOf English Reformation Parliament era
this entity surface form: English Reformation
Act of Dispensations parliament English Reformation Parliament era
this entity surface form: Reformation Parliament
Act of Appeals relatedTo English Reformation Parliament era
this entity surface form: English Reformation Parliament
St Edward King and Martyr Church associatedWith English Reformation Parliament era
this entity surface form: English Reformation
English Benedictine community in exile historicalContext English Reformation Parliament era
this entity surface form: English Reformation
Tyndale influenced English Reformation Parliament era
subject surface form: William Tyndale
this entity surface form: English Reformation
The Obedience of a Christian Man religiousContext English Reformation Parliament era
this entity surface form: English Reformation
William Whittingham movement English Reformation Parliament era
this entity surface form: English Reformation
Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire associatedWith English Reformation Parliament era
this entity surface form: the early English Reformation