A brief history of the Protestant reformation of the English Church through the reigns of Henry V, Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth 1 (AD 1509-1603). PDF version (1.4 MB)
The English Reformation occurred following Henry VIII’s desire to divorce his wife Catherine of Aragon. Click for more facts & worksheets.
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Visit Walsingham in Norfolk to see English snowdrops at Walsingham Abbey and learn the history of the Walsingham pilgrimage. Video included
December 2016 will mark the 500th anniversary of the publication of Thomas More's Utopia. In History Today, Joanne Paul writes about the place of Utopia in More's reputation as a statesman: It may be time, however, to reassess the place of More’s Utopia in this litany of his shortcomings. This year we have an opportunity to do so, as it marks the quincentenary of the publication of Utopia in Louvain in December 1516. Guy suggests that More’s imaginary country is ‘totalitarian par excellence’, citing its lack of pubs, brothels and ‘secret meeting place[s]’, as well as the mandate against discussion of public policy outside of the popular assembly. This totalitarianism, Guy suggests, lies at the heart of More’s later attitude towards heretics and suggests that his ‘repressive discipline’ against them was similar to the ‘totalitarianism of Utopia’. Describing Utopia as totalitarian (a 20th-century term) paves over what More was attempting to do in his text, which was to remind his readers of the importance of community. For More, the prioritisation of self-interest had the effect of tearing apart the bonds that ought to unite people. To use examples from Utopia: land-owners who enclosed common land for sheep-grazing, or greedy kings who overstretched themselves in their conquest of new lands both tore apart the unity of the commonwealth. The island of Utopia becomes the inverse of such tendencies. Homes are allocated to families for only a decade at a time, there are no locked doors and no personal possessions. Rather than totalitarian, Utopia is fundamentally republican. Like property, political power is shared, reflecting More’s belief that authority resides in the body of the people. Within Utopia’s cities, households elect representatives who, in turn, elect both the councillors and their prince. Council and prince together make decisions in regular consultation with the people. The country as a whole is ruled by a general council, the members of which are, once again, elected directly by the people. Thus, although discussing public matters outside the public forum is punishable by death, for fear of the division and distortion of public opinion, the people are directly involved in every political decision made on the island. Read the rest there. More lived in a kingdom ruled by a monarch and he served that monarch while also representing the people as a member of Parliament. He wanted his prince, Henry VIII, to make decisions for the kingdom in consultation with Parliament, and therefore he defended Parliament's right to free speech in debating the king's policies and voting on the funding of the same. The Center for Thomas More Studies offers many tools for the interpretation of Utopia here.
This Guided Notes handout accompanies the "Protestant Reformation" PowerPoint. **YOU NEED THE POWERPOINT TO FILL IN THE BLANKS ON THESE GUIDED NOTES**If you like what you see here, keep in mind you can get ALL of the materials in Unit 6 by buying the Unit 6 Bundle. Just search for it in my Store. Yo...
Übermorgen ist es soweit: Reformationstag. Anlässlich dieses Tages, an dem Martin Luther 1517 seine 95 Thesen zu Buse und Ablass an das Tor der Schlosskirche in Wittenberg schlug. Ich liebe diese R…
The English Reformation occurred following Henry VIII’s desire to divorce his wife Catherine of Aragon. Click for more facts & worksheets.
The English Reformation occurred following Henry VIII’s desire to divorce his wife Catherine of Aragon. Click for more facts & worksheets.
The English Reformation occurred following Henry VIII’s desire to divorce his wife Catherine of Aragon. Click for more facts & worksheets.
The English Reformation occurred following Henry VIII’s desire to divorce his wife Catherine of Aragon. Click for more facts & worksheets.
This Teacher’s Guide on Renaissance and Reformation is filled with activity ideas and blackline masters that can help your students understand more about the Renaissance and the Reformation. Select or adapt the activities that suit your students’ needs and interests best.
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Synopsis Expand/Collapse Synopsis The English reformers of the 1530s, with Thomas Cromwell at their head, continued to have a strong belief in kingly rule and authority, in contrast to their radical approach to the power of the Pope and the Roman Catholic Church. Resisting the king was tantamount to resisting God in their eyes, and even on a matter of conscience the will of the king should prevail. Yet just over 100 years later, Charles I was called the 'man of blood', and Oliver Cromwell famously declared that 'we will cut off his head with the crown on it'. But how did we get from the one to the other? How did the deferential Reformation become a regicidal revolution? Following on from his biography of Thomas Cromwell, John Schofield examines how the English character and the way it perceived royal rule changed between the time of Thomas Cromwell and that of his great-great-grandnephew Oliver.
Henry VIII, known for his six marriages and break with the Catholic Church, transformed English history with his centralized power, religious reform, and military campaigns. His persona and legacy …
The Counter-Reformation, also known as the Catholic Reformation or the Catholic Revival, was a reform movement in the Catholic Church in the 16th century.
The Protestant Reformation that began with Martin Luther in 1517 played a key role in the development of the North American colonies and the eventual United States.
A major reassessment of England’s break with Rome Henry VIII’s reformation remains among the most crucial yet misunderstood events in English history. In...
Who is Martin Luther and why is he so important to Lutherans? God’s great gift is his Word. Throughout its history the Christian church has had to struggle to proclaim and teach the truth of God’s Word. Toward the end of the Middle Ages (in the 15th and 16th centuries), serious false teachings and abuses... Read more
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Between the 17th and 19th centuries, wife-selling was a weird custom with a practical purpose.
Make history come alive with these Reformation Day activities. On Halloween, October 31, 1517, Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses on the church door
The best books on the history of Christianity, as recommended by Oxford historian Diarmaid MacCulloch.
