topic 8

• the fall of anne boleyn, 1536

  7 january - catherine of aragon dies, 24 january - henry had jousting accident, 29 january - anne boleyn miscarries a deformed child , 6 may - anne arrested on charge of adultery , 19 may - anne executed on tower green , 20 may - henry is betrothed to jane seymour
• the henrician reformation

  this had begun in an attempt to secure the tudor dynasty resulted in the creation of a system of government very different from that which it had been intended to protect
• evangelical

  a person whose beliefs are based on faith alone
• order

  in this case an instruction issued by the vice-gerent, thomas cromwell, which had to be acted on
• injunction

  an instruction given to the parish churches requiring conformity
• episcopal system of authority

  the bishops had the main authority in the church. in contrast, by the 1530s european breakaway churches were directed by the congregation of the church
• omni-competent

  this is a latin term which means 'is capable of everything' or ' can be used for anything'. during the reformation parliament, legislation was used in many different way
• by 1536:


  henry was the supreme head of the church , the church organisation was unchanged , the key sacraments of the church formed the core theology of the church in england; the eucharist was still central to salvation , there had been an attempt to remove 'superstitious practices' such as false relics from the church , the bible in english was available in all parish churches