HVIII Wives

Question 1

Catherine Aragon
- Her faction

Answer 1

Supporters ; conservative and loyal to papal authority
Catherine serious devotee to papal church - opposed to any religious reform
Members;
- Bishop Fisher
-Thomas More

Question 2

What through Catherine triggered the English reformation?

Answer 2

Henry desire to annul marriage to her + her refusal to accept

Catalysed Reformation Parliament

Question 3

Catherine’s Popularity

Answer 3

Shown through Blackfriar Sympathy
Continued even after the annulment of Mary in 1534 ; remained a rallying point for catholic resistance with conservatives

Question 4

Anne Boleyn
Background

Answer 4

Educated at French court ; introduced to reformist ideas
Serious inclination to moderate protestantism
“more lutheran than luther himself”

Question 5

The Boleyn Faction

Answer 5

Reformer faction
Links to Cranmer, Cromwell, Edward Foxe and Audley
Family was the nucleus of anti-papal clique at court

Question 6

The Religious impact of Anne Boleyn

Answer 6

• Supported the publication of English Bibles ( Tyndale “Obedience of a Christian Man”)
• Household was a centre of evangelical patronage attracting reform minded tutors
  -Instrumental in promoting a reformist clergy ( Cranmer appointment of ABOC)

Impact deepened theological foundations of break with Rome

Question 7

Jane Seymour Background

Answer 7

Rased as a pious catholic
Advised by a leader of catholic conservatives at court - Sir Danvers Carew

Question 8

Why was Jane Semour’s impact limited

Answer 8

Died within a year to childbirth
1536 - 1537
Limited ability to shape a diosece

Question 9

Jane Seymours action

Answer 9

Pious and quiet but evidence otherwise
- POG ; begged Henry to “Restore the abbeys”
-Tagged Martin Luther as an “enemy of the gospel”

Question 10

Seymour’s attempt to heal the rift between Henry and Mary

Answer 10

Tried to end rift between Henry and Mary so a catholic princess would be reinstated on the throne

Question 11

Anne of Cleves Background

Answer 11

German Lutheran Princess from Duchy of Cleves
Marriage arranged by cromwell to create alliance with Schmalkalidik League

Question 12

Cleves’ religious stance

Answer 12

Moderate ; mother strict catholic, roles in cleves churchs by Erasmus ; Reform-minded catholic

Presence from Germany seen as validation of protestant alignment

Question 13

HVIII’s Rejection of Anne

Answer 13

Cromwell fall, undermine evangelical ascendency
Embolded catholic factions, paving way for Catherine Howard rise

Question 14

Catherine Howard Background

Answer 14

Catholic, not pious like CoA
Niece of Thomas Howard ( Duke of Norfolk) ; major figure in the conservative faction

Question 15

Catherine Howard’s religious representation

Answer 15

Catholic factions best hope for influencing king to restore catholic faith to pre-reformation prominence
Marked temporal catholic resurgence

Question 16

Catherine Howard’s disgrace

Answer 16

Open space for Catherine Parr’s reformist influence

Question 17

Katheryn Parr
Religious influence

Answer 17

Favoured by Cranmer’s party
Passionate supporter of religious reform ; promoted education and lay piety = spread of protestant culture

Approved humanist as child’s tutor