Western Civilization I / Unit 15 WC1 1412 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Henry VIII's Reformation: Catherine, Anne, and the Act of Supremacy
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The idea
Henry VIII wanted his marriage to Catherine of Aragon annulled for a son, and the pope, under Charles V's thumb, refused. Cranmer annulled it in fifteen thirty-three, and the Act of Supremacy of fifteen thirty-four made the king head of the Church of England.
In practice
Doctrine and ritual almost identical to Catholic.
Where people slip
The anchor dates the divorce fifteen thirty-one. It was thirty-three.
Your place on the trail
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