England Becomes Protestant

Why does King Henry VIII change the Church of England?

Reign of King Henry VIII

• King Henry VIII was a devout Catholic who attacked Luther’s ideas

• Henry’s first child is a daughter, Mary I

• Henry feels women are too weak to be rulers and needs to have a son

• Wife Catherine is 42, Henry thinks she is too old to have another child

• The Pope does not allow the annulment

• 2nd wife, Anne Boleyn gives him another daughter, Elizabeth

• Henry charges Anne with treason and she is arrested & later beheaded

• Henry asks Parliament to pass laws ending the Pope’s power in England

• Henry creates his own religion, the Anglican Church – King is head of the Church

• Henry wants his marriage to be annulled (cancelled)

Tudor Monarch Religion Reason for beliefs

Henry VIII Catholic, becomes Protestant

Switches because Pope won’t allow annulment (needs male heir)

Edward VI Protestant Became King at age 9, was influenced by Protestant advisors

Mary I Catholic Unhappy with her father’s methods brings extreme Catholic views

Elizabeth I Protestant Ends religious extremism & brings stability

•His third wife finally gives him a son, Edward VI

•3rd wife dies after child birth, Henry will marry three more times

Voices From the Past:King Henry VIII

• Listen to the CD and answer the following questions in your notes:

1. Why did Henry want to divorce Catherine of Aragon?2. What did Henry do when the Pope would not give him an

annulment?3. What did Henry accuse Anne Boleyn of? What happened

to her?4. Did wife #3 give Henry a son? What happened to Jane

Seymour?5. How did Henry find wife #4, what happened when they

met?6. What happened to wife #5, Catherine Howard?7. What is Henry’s legacy?