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10. Henry VIII’s conflict with the Church: origins and conclusion empezar lección
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Henry VIII’s conflict with the Catholic Church began primarily over his desire to annul his marriage to Catherine of Aragon to secure a male heir.
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10. Henry VIII’s conflict with the Church: origins and conclusion empezar lección
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Henry VIII was married to Catherine of Aragon, who did not give him a male heir. For this reason Henry wanted to annul his marriage to remarry and have a son.
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10. Henry VIII’s conflict with the Church: origins and conclusion empezar lección
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The pope refused the annulment, partly due to political pressure connected to Catherine’s nephew, Emperor Charles V.
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10. Henry VIII’s conflict with the Church: origins and conclusion empezar lección
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Henry and his advisers pursued a legal and political break with Rome, arguing for royal authority over religious matters in England.
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Parliament passed acts that limited papal power and redirected church authority to the crown.
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The crucial outcome was the Act of Supremacy (1534), declaring the king the Supreme Head of the Church of England.
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This was not initially a fully Protestant revolution in doctrine, but it was a decisive institutional rupture.
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Henry’s government dissolved monasteries and confiscated their wealth, dramatically changing land ownership and social welfare structures.
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Opposition existed, including the Pilgrimage of Grace, but it was suppressed.
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The conflict ended in the sense that England became independent from papal jurisdiction and permanently altered its church-state relationship.
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After Henry, religious direction swung under Edward VI (more Protestant) and Mary I (Catholic restoration), showing that the break with Rome had long-term instability.
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Still, Henry’s actions laid the groundwork for a lasting English Reformation and a state church tied to monarchy.
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