Henry's family trouble did not end with his marriage to Ann Boleyn. She bore him a daughter，Elizabeth， but was unfaithful to her husband．After three years, Henry cut off her head．
Effects:
1.Strengthened Henry’s position
2.The importance of Parliament （议会） grew 3.England was moving from Catholicism（天主教） towards Protestantism（新教）
3.The privilege and wealth of the clergy(神职人员) wecess
1.Henry VIII wanted to divorce Catherine but Pope refused 2.He dissolved all of England’s monasteries (修道院 ) and nunneries 3.He established the Church of England ws: the act of appeal (Statute in Restraint of Appeals, 1533), the various Acts of Succession (1533, 1534, and 1536), the first Act of Supremacy(最高治权法案 )
Comment
• Henry VIII and his family • Marriages of Henry VIII • More information about Henry VIII • Religion reform: reasons, nature and effects
Henry VIII (1491-1547)
Marriages of Henry VIII
Henry had to married Catherine, the daughter of the King of Spain and widow of his elder brother because of his father’s
order. They had a daughter, Mary. But all
His next wife, Jane Seymour was Ann’s maid(侍女) and she died in giving birth to their son Edward.
His sixth and last wife, Catherine Pars, was a wise and gentle girl, but she had no children．
was born in 28th June,
1491 at Greenwich
Palace. When the Henry
VIII became King of
England, he was only 18 years old.
His interest was “girls and hunting”. He can speak Latin, French and Italian． He was the second son of his father-Henry VII. He thoroughly understood the hearts and minds of his people. And his people remained loyal to him through all the difficult years of the Reformation．
their sons died at birth.
Henry badly needed a son to follow him, so he planned to divorce with Catherine. Seven years later, The Church Council accepted Henry as its head． Archbishop(大主教)Cranmer declared that his marriage to Catherine was unlawful and accepted his new wife, Ann Boleyn.
The nature of the reformation
1.To get rid of Roman Catholic Church 2. To set up Church of England 3.The new rising bourgeoisie(资产阶级)against the feudal(封建)
The Private Life of Henry VIII
The Six Wives Of Henry VIII
Reasons for the English reformation:
1.A desire for change and reform in the church
2.Henry needed money