HENRY VIII’s ACT OF SUPREMACY (1534) The act of supremacy is a legal text signed by the English Parliament on November 3‚ 1534. This act declared King Henry VIII of England to be the Supreme Head of the Church of England. Henry VIII (born 1491) ruled England from 1509 to 1547 and he was the second monarch of the House of Tudor. He had married Catherine of Aragon in 1510 and after sixteen years only one daughter had survived: Mary (born 1516). By 1526 he was absolutely concerned about the birth
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achievements. The Pope’s refusal to separate Catherine of Aragon and myself put me in a very difficult position. As I had no male heir to take on the throne after myself‚ I had to get married. When the Pope excommunicated me after my marriage to legal Anne Boleyn‚ to be honest‚ I was infuriated.
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“I shall desire you all‚ my lords‚ (chiefly you of the nobility‚ everyone in his degree and power) to be assistant to me that I‚ with my ruling‚ and you with your service‚ may make a good account to Almighty God and leave some comfort to our posterity on earth” (Elizabeth at the beginning of her reign) (Elizabeth I.org). Most people‚ in England‚ believe that there has always been only one queen to stand above all the rest. Under her rule Britain began to gain strength because her policies laid the
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Elizabeth the first was born on Sunday the 7th of September 1533‚ she was born a princess but after her mother‚ Anne Boleyn’s death and her father Henry VIII re married she was declared illegitimate. She became queen in 1558. Elizabeth never married despite many petitions from parliament. She is known as the ‘virgin’ queen. 20 years after her death in March 1603 aged 69‚ she was celebrated as the ruler of a golden age. Elizabeth was intelligent‚ at age 10 she was tutored by Roger Ascham. She had
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Running Head: BLOODY MARY: MARY TUDOR The Impact of Bloody Mary: Mary Tudor Abstract The investigation of Mary Tudor and the explanation of her background and her impact will be thoroughly described in this paper. Mary Tudor or as you may know her “Bloody Mary” was a queen of distress. Mary went through many hardships within her family‚ friends and herself. Coming from having it all too almost nothing at all‚ her strength and courage got her through the hardest times of her life. Mary’s
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Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson or known as Sir Richard Branson is well known as the founder of Virgin Group. He was born on July 18th 1950 in Surrey‚ England and he is the eldest son of Edward James Branson and Eve Huntley Branson‚ his father worked as a lawyer and his grandfather‚ Sir George Arthur Harwin Branson was a judge of the High Court of Justice. Until the age of thirteen‚ Sir Richard Branson was educated at Scaitcliffe School and He moved and studied at one of a boarding school‚ which
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Henry the VIII broke form rome because of love. Discuss. Henry the VIII broke from Rome for a number of reasons‚ for example economic (money)‚ political (power)‚ religious (faith) and personal (love)reasons. One reason for the break with Rome was political reasons (power) because after losing most his finance in battle against the king of Spain‚ Francis I‚ who was angry at Henry for embarrassing his aunt Catherine of Aragon who at this time was Henry’s wife. When Henry found out the
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How far do sources 1‚ 2 and 3 support the argument that Henry VII was a good king? Henry VII had a very controversial reign. Some people argue that he was not in fact the rightful king; which resulted in a lot of tension among Britain and the houses of Lancaster and York. However despite Henrys weak hereditary claim to the throne‚ others argue that he was in fact a good king. Sources 1 and 3 both have firm views of Henry VII as a monarch‚ but source 2 presents both sides to this debate. Henry VII
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The English Reformation occurred for three reasons; economic gain‚ religious disputes‚ and most of all‚ because of King Henry VIII emotional life. The Catholic Church in England owned much of the land and had amassed much wealth. Many religious groups in England had been pushing for reform since the 1300’s. King Henry was married and wanted his marriage annulled so he could marry another woman‚ but the Pope would not grant this annulment; Henry created his own church and appointed himself as the
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TRAGIC HERO: SIR THOMAS MORE Tragedy is a theme that is shown throughout the play A Man for All Seasons‚ Sir Thomas More is the man that this tragedy is shown in. The story of Sir Thomas More is one of which a man must choose between what his king wants and his own morals. More’s tragic hero ways are shown when he goes against his king and sticks with his Catholic ways‚ by doing this More faces many obstacles and criticism to do what he feels is right and in the end he becomes a martyr for his beliefs
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