English Reformation

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The English Reformation was a 16th-century religious and political movement that broke the Church of England away from papal authority, reshaping English Christianity, governance, and society.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event
political movement
religious movement
religious reformation
country Kingdom of England
endTime late 16th century
follows medieval Catholicism in England
hasEffect Pilgrimage of Grace
changes in English governance
confiscation of monastic lands
creation of the Church of England
establishment of royal supremacy over the church
introduction of vernacular liturgy
long-term confessional division in the British Isles
persecution of religious dissenters
rejection of papal authority in England
religious wars and rebellions in England
rise of parliamentary authority in religious matters
spread of English Bible reading
suppression of monasteries and religious houses
hasPart Acts of Supremacy
Dissolution of the Monasteries
Elizabethan Religious Settlement
English Bible translations
Marian Counter-Reformation
Prayer Book Reforms
Six Articles
linked to: Six Articles 1539

Ten Articles
break with Rome
inspiredBy Protestant Reformation
linked to: Reformation
keyDocument Act of Supremacy 1534
Act of Supremacy 1559
Book of Common Prayer
Thirty-Nine Articles
language English
legislatedBy Parliament of England
mainParticipant Edward VI of England
Elizabeth I of England
English clergy
English laity
Henry VIII of England
Mary I of England
Parliament of England
Thomas Cranmer
Thomas Cromwell
opposedBy English Catholics
Papacy
monastic orders in England
religion Christianity
significantPlace Canterbury
London
linked to: London, England

Westminster
startTime 1530s
16th century

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William Whittingham participantIn English Reformation
John Foxe movement English Reformation
Westminster Abbey coronation order modifiedDuring Reformation in England
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Bradford family religiousAssociation English Reformation
Lincolnshire Rising hasReligionContext English Reformation
Article X Of Free Will historicalContext English Reformation
Anglican confessional documents timePeriod English Reformation
The Six Wives of Henry VIII portrays English Reformation
The Virgin Queen hasSubject English Reformation
Edward Tudor notableFor Protestant Reformation in England
linked to: English Reformation
Margaret Harlestone associatedWith English Reformation
Nonconformism in England emergedAfter English Reformation
Persecution of Quakers in England relatedTo English Reformation
History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Defeat of the Spanish Armada topic English Protestant Reformation
linked to: English Reformation
Prayers or Meditations historicalContext English Reformation
Lamentation of a Sinner religiousTradition English Reformation
Lamentation of a Sinner historicalContext English Reformation
Edmund Grindal movement English Reformation
Henry VIII (TV drama) depicts English Reformation
Anglo-German Protestant alliance relatedTo Anglican Reformation
linked to: English Reformation
House of Boleyn laterReligiousAssociations English Reformation
House of Boleyn linkedToEvent English Reformation
Mary Boleyn associatedWith English Reformation
Anne Stanhope politicalAlignment English Reformation faction
linked to: English Reformation
Anne Stanhope historicalContext English Reformation
English monarchs significantEvent English Reformation
Shardlake series historicalBackdrop English Reformation
Matthew Shardlake setting English Reformation
Elizabeth Grey era Reformation era in England
linked to: English Reformation
Anna von Jülich-Kleve-Berg associatedWith English Reformation
Anne Boleyn's Book of Hours associatedWith English Reformation
St Columb's Cathedral builtAfter English Reformation
Hugh Latimer supported English Reformation
Hugh Latimer participantIn English Reformation
Duke of Somerset associatedWithEvent English Reformation
Duke of Somerset associatedWithReligion English Protestantism (Seymour era)
linked to: English Reformation
Arundell family historicalPeriod English Reformation era
linked to: English Reformation
Marian government replaced Edwardian Reformation regime
linked to: English Reformation
Edmund Bonner participatedIn English Reformation
Edmund Bonner opposedTo Protestant Reformation in England
linked to: English Reformation