Zusammenfassung der Ressource
The English
Reformation
- Initially, as the reformation
spread across Germany, the
English led by Henry Vlll, were
very much against it
- Political
consideration led
Henry Vlll to
reconsider his
position.
- Henry Vlll was married to
Catherine of Aragon,
Charles V, Emperer of the
HRE and King Spain was
her nephew.
- She couldn't have kids.
- At first everything was
going fine until
Catherine couldn't
give Henry a son and
only ended up
producing one sickly
girl, Mary (bloody
Mary)
- Henry wanted a
divorce but it was not
permitted and she
didn't agree so Henry
sought out an
annulment from the
Pope of their 18 year
marriage.
- He argued that
Catherine had
already married
his brother
- The pope, fearful
of alienating
Charles V, refused
Henry's request.
- Henry was
enraged and
"asked" church
officials in
England for an
annulment.
- The highest church
official in England,
the Archbishop of
Canterbury grants
Henry the
annulment in 1533.
- It allowed Henry
to marry Anne
Botelyn, who had
Elizabeth three
months later.
- He married Anne
Boleyn who had
Elizabeth three months
later/
- Hmw notes:
- The leader was Queen
Elizabeth I
- The Anglican+protestant
churches were similar to the
Catholic church in doctrines
and ceremonies.
- other protestantism
+reformations were happening
in other countries
- Huldrych Zwingli (catholic priest)
began religious reforms- influenced
by Eurasmus and Luther
- he attacked/abused in catholic church+
wanted to go back to early christianity-
more freedom for people.
- his reforms were
adapted in Zurich
churches.
- in 1531, a war broke out
between swist protestants
and catholics, leading to his
death
- Calvinism-- John Calivin was a law
student playing with
interpretation on religion.
- he helped to convince people to
support Luther
- He made a book called
institutes of the Christian
religion (god, salvation,
human nature)
- He believed that God only saved a
few people called the elect (no
indulgences)
- This doctrine is predestination
- his religion was Calvinism
- Calvin leads the Reformation in
Switzerland
- theocracy was the best government
(ruled by religious leaders)
- Protestants wanted him to rule so he
did---- his leadership was very strict
but was though of as model
city/citizens.
- Calvinism Spreads
- John Knox put his
ideas to work.
- Each community church was governed by a
group of lay men (called elders or
presbyters)-- his followers were called
presbyterians.
- In the late 1560s,
protestant nobles
made Calvinism the
religion.