Henry VIII's Reformation

Revolution of Henry VIII In 1529, Henry VIII started reforming the Catholic church in England, but there was a different view on why he began making these controversial changes. In an orthodox perspective, in England in the 16th century there is a great meaning of anti-clergy power, corrupt churches are not welcomed by the masses. But the revisionist's view thinks reform is actually caused by politics. Henry needs a male heir and therefore needs a divorce. It did not take into account the needs and needs of the masses.

& Lt; Tab / & gt; The first and most important event was the reform of Henry VIII, which completely altered the religious and political aspects of England. Britain turned now back to Rome, which is followed by the Pope 's advantage as a representative of God throughout the year. So the king and the queen are now the leaders of the British religion. Later monarchs wanted to strengthen the status as the sacred rights of the chosen God king and queen and follow people. Reform was done as Henry wanted to get divorced from his first wife, Catherine of Aragon. They were destroyed in 1509, but women could not give him a successor to the throne, because women were considered weak leaders and could not let the troops fight is. As the bishops refused to divorce, Henry had only to leave Rome. Then there is the rule of "Bloody Mary", she should be the perfect queen, but things are not what they wanted

When the Pope refused to allow him to divorce Aragon 's Catherine, Henry VIII began to reform the British Catholic Church. After these changes of Henry VIII, more fundamental reforms were carried out under the rule of Elizabeth 's younger brother, Edward VI. However, Edward's short-term rule, when the throne fell to Mary I, she tried to rebuild the Catholic in England. Elizabeth witnessed all these controls, noticed what mistakes were made and what success was achieved. In this way, she can learn from his mistakes of the predecessor and adopt religious policies that support Protestant, without Catholics completely rebelling against his regime.

The father of Queen Elizabeth I, Henry VIII was a pioneer of Protestant reform. It is his fault that the UK has changed from a Catholic country to a complete Protestant. From the era of Henry VIII to the days of Elizabeth, there was much debate between British Catholics and Protestants. After Elizabeth became king, the country should become fully Protestant. Therefore, for Shakespeare it is reasonable to crush a Catholic hero like Joan of Arc. By calling her a pagan evil witch, Shakespeare announced his own Protestantism and made publicity for the anti-Catholic government.