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Key facts
Mary I earned the nickname "Bloody Mary" for burning Protestants at the stake.
The 1534 Act of Supremacy made Henry VIII the Supreme Head of the Church of England.
The dissolution of the monasteries (1536–41) was Henry VIII's closure of English monasteries and seizure of their lands and wealth.
The Act of Supremacy was passed in 1534.
Henry VIII dissolved the monasteries for wealth, land, and Reformation politics (asserting royal supremacy over the Church).
Henry VIII broke with the Catholic Church because the Pope refused to annul his marriage to Catherine of Aragon.
The dissolution transferred huge wealth from the monasteries to the English Crown.
The break with Rome went beyond Henry's personal annulment dispute because it made the Crown supreme over English religious life.
Much of the dissolved monastic land was sold by the Crown to its supporters and the gentry, binding them to the Reformation settlement.
Henry VIII sought to annul his marriage to Catherine of Aragon, his first wife and a Spanish princess.
Sample questions
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Which 1536 northern rebellion protested against the dissolution of the monasteries?
- •Kett's Rebellion
- ✓Pilgrimage of Grace
- •Prayer Book Rebellion
- •Western Rising
Which queen did Henry VIII want to annul his marriage to?
- ✓Catherine of Aragon
- •Katherine Howard
- •Queen Anne Boleyn
- •Queen Jane Seymour
What happened to the wealth and land of the dissolved monasteries?
- •Given freely to the local peasantry
- •Kept locked up in royal vaults forever
- •Returned to the Pope as compensation
- ✓Sold to the Crown's supporters and the gentry
What 1534 act declared Henry VIII the supreme head of the Church of England?
- ✓The Act of Supremacy
- •The Act of Union
- •The Reformation Statute
- •The Statute of Praemunire
Which monarch restored Catholicism in England 1553-1558?
- •Edward VI
- •Elizabeth I
- •Henry VIII
- ✓Mary I
Who was Henry's chief minister after Wolsey's fall, leading the Reformation administratively?
- •Thomas Cranmer
- ✓Thomas Cromwell
- •Thomas More
- •Thomas Wyatt
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