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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Presbyterian–Independent conflict religiousContext English Reformation Parliament era
this entity surface form: Protestant Reformation in England
Anglican Church of Canada religiousTradition English Reformation Parliament era
this entity surface form: English Reformation
Fidei Defensor retainedAfterEvent 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
Catherine Parr supported English Reformation Parliament era
this entity surface form: English Reformation