The English Reformation – Cloze Test

King Henry VIII was the English king from 15__ to 15__. Henry VIII decided to get rid of his first wife C___________ of A_______, after she had failed to produce a male heir to the throne. By 1527 C__________ was considered too old to have children. Henry had already decided who his next wife should be, A____ B_______. Catherine had previously been married to Henry’s brother, A______, who had died in 1507. Marrying a brother’s wife was banned by the C_______ church but the Pope had given special permission for Henry to marry Catherine. Henry and Catherine had one child, M____ but Henry wanted a prince because he was convinced the English people would not accept a woman as ruler.Henry’s problem was that the church did not grant d________. In special cases it would grant an annu_________ (cancellation of marriage). Henry’s argument was that God had not blessed his marriage with a male heir because it should never have been granted in the first place. He sent his chief advisor Cardinal W_______ to persuade the pope to grant an annulment.Pope C________ VII was in a difficult position. The Church did not approve of di_______ and Henry had defended Catholicism against Luther’s religious beliefs and was awarded the title “D___________ of the F_____” by the pope. Also the pope had to be careful as Catherine’s nephew, C________ V, the H____ Roman E________ was opposed to the divorce of his aunt. Emperor C_______ V’s army had occupied Rome at the time and had the pope as a virtual prisoner.After a long delay the pope refused to grant a divorce. Henry had Cardinal W_______ dismissed for failing to obtain his divorce. He appointed Thomas C________ as his new Archbishop of C____________. Henry got Cranmer to grant his divorce. Henry married Anne and soon they had a daughter, E_________. Pope Clement VII had Henry e_______________ (thrown out of the church). In 1534, the English parliament passed the Act of S___________. This made Henry VIII and all his heirs and successors, the head of the English church. He had broken away from Rome. The Church of E_______ was now set up. Henry ordered that all people recognise him as head of the Church. Sir Thomas M_____ refused and was executed.Henry had the monasteries closed down as he didn’t trust the monks. He wanted to get his hands on the wealth and land of the monasteries. This event was called the D___________ of the M_____________.Although he had broken with R____, Henry did not allow Protestant religious teachings in the English church. The Church in Henry’s time was referred to as “Catholicism without the P____.”

(a) Why Henry VIII left the Catholic Church(b) The religious changes introduced by Edward VI and Mary I(c) Elizabeth I and the Reformation

Mr S. Fitzgerald