Tudor Reformation

Dissolution and Catholic restoration

Mary I earned the nickname "Bloody Mary" for burning Protestants at the stake.

Henry VIII's break with Rome

The 1534 Act of Supremacy made Henry VIII the Supreme Head of the Church of England.

Dissolution and Catholic restoration

The dissolution of the monasteries (1536–41) was Henry VIII's closure of English monasteries and seizure of their lands and wealth.

Henry VIII's break with Rome

The Act of Supremacy was passed in 1534.

Dissolution and Catholic restoration

Henry VIII dissolved the monasteries for wealth, land, and Reformation politics (asserting royal supremacy over the Church).

Henry VIII's break with Rome

Henry VIII broke with the Catholic Church because the Pope refused to annul his marriage to Catherine of Aragon.

Dissolution and Catholic restoration

The dissolution transferred huge wealth from the monasteries to the English Crown.

Henry VIII's break with Rome

The break with Rome went beyond Henry's personal annulment dispute because it made the Crown supreme over English religious life.

Dissolution and Catholic restoration

Much of the dissolved monastic land was sold by the Crown to its supporters and the gentry, binding them to the Reformation settlement.

Henry VIII's break with Rome

Henry VIII sought to annul his marriage to Catherine of Aragon, his first wife and a Spanish princess.