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Why did Henry VIII’s ‘Great Matter’ matter?

Task objective

To chart the course of the Break with Rome and to decide on the significance of each step towards it.

Task

Copy the chart below in your exercise books. Place the cards beneath on the chart where you think it fits. Each event should be placed on the chart in accordance to when it happened AND how significant it was in making the Break with Rome happen. Once you have placed the cards on the chart, you can write an explanation for your decisions for the top three most significant events that led to the Break with Rome.

Henry is tired of Catherine of Aragon and meets Anne

Boleyn - 1525

Henry commits to Anne Boleyn and seeks a divorce -

1527

Henry takes the divorce to court but fails – 1529.

Wolsey is sacked as Chief Minister - 1529

Agreement in England that Henry can be the Head of

the Church - 1531

Henry VIII is made Head of the Church of England in

1533Henry grants himself a

divorce and secretly marries Anne Boleyn - 1533

Henry VIII is excommunicated by the

Pope in 1533

Anne Boleyn gives birth to Elizabeth - 1533

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