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1
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When did the king officially become the supreme head of the Church?

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after the Act of Supremacy in 1534

2
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When was the significance of the king appointing Cromwell Vicegerent in Spirituals in 1534?

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Cromwell was second only to the king, outranked archbishops and bishops
-gave Cromwell considerable power

3
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Why were 6 new dioceses created, though one was abolished?

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this was an attempt to improve the Churchs’ administration

4
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What did Henry appoint Cromwell as in 1534?

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Vicegerent Spirituals

5
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When can the process of dissolution be traced back to?

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the compilation of the ‘Valor Ecclesiasticus’

6
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What was the Valor Ecclesiasticus

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a survey set up by Cromwell in 1535 to discover exactly how wealthy the Church was

7
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What did the Valor Ecclesiasticus allow Cromwell to know?

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an accurate indication of the resources which were available for the Crown to plunder

8
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How many ‘visitors’ were sent around the country to inspect all monastic institutions?

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4

9
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What did the inspector Tregonwell say in his accounts?

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often a mix between criticism and praise for the holiness and conscientious of those whom he was inspecting

10
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What did the 4 visitors provide Cromwell with?

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enough evidence to justly bring an Act of Parliament in 1536 to dissolve the smaller monasteries

11
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How were smaller monasteries defined for the dissolution?

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those with an income under £200 per annum or less

12
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In what year was another Act made dissolving the remaining monasteries?

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1539

13
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By what date were all remaining religious houses dissolved?

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March 1540

14
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What year was the start of ‘visitations’?

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1535

15
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When was the first set of royal injunctions?

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1536

16
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What did the 1536 royal injunctions do? (3)

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  • encouraged moral conduct
  • placed a restriction on the number of holy days to be observed
  • discouraged pilgrimage
17
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What was the 1538 attack on traditional religious practices?

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  • pilgrimages and veneration of relics and images were condemned
  • each parish church had to acquire a venecular bible
18
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In 1538 what were pilgrimages and veneration of relics and images condemned” as?

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“works devised by men’s fantasies”

19
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When did the first vernacular Bible appear?

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In 1539

20
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What Act restricted the public reading of the Bible to upper-class males?

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the Act for the Advancement of True Religion of 1543

21
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the Act for the Advancement of True Religion of 1543 do?

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restricted the public reading of the Bible to upper-class males

22
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What was the proposal of the 1536 Ten Articles? (2)

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  • Only 3 sacraments were necessary for salvation, Eucharist, baptism, and penance
  • praying to saints for the remission of sins was rejected
23
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What was the significance of the 1536 Ten Articles?

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showed both the Lutheran and Catholic influences of the development of doctrine

24
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What was the Bishops Book 1537?

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this restored the 4 sacraments omitted from the 10 articles as a more conservative document, but given lower status

25
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What was the 1539 Six Articles Act?

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This reasserted Catholic doctrine.

Denial of transubstantiation was deemed heretical

26
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What was the Kings Book 1543?

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the revised Bishops’ Book, largely conservative with some Lutheran hints

27
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How had the church continued the same? (3)

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  • hierarchy of the church remained largely intact
  • little attempt to alter the interior of churches
  • services remained largely in traditional form
28
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What 2 circumstances weakened the cause of religious reform?

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  • the passing of the Six Articles Act 1539

- fall of Cromwell 1540

29
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What were the 5 major changes to the post-reformation church?

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  • jurisdiction of the pope destroyed
  • king’s supremacy highlighted
  • monasteries dissolved
  • transfer of resources from the Church to the Crown
  • parish churches required to possess the vernacular bible