King Henry the eighth, placed himself at the head of the Protestant religion, and Protestism became the state religion of England.
Henry 8th broke with Rome using Parliament. This gave him a divorce and he was the new head of England!
Henry VIII
Depends on your definition. Henry VIII broke with Rome but Edward was the first Catholic king.
1. He Broke Away From the Catholic church in Rome 2. He Made him self head of church in England
King Henry the VIII formed the Church of England when he broke away from the church in Rome.
King Henry (VIII) wanted to divorce his first wife, Catherine of Aragon. He applied to the Pope in Rome. The Pope would not annul ther marriage. Basically, Henry said that no one outside England was going to tell him what to do in England, because he was King. So he broke away from the Roman Catholic Church (the Pope), and reformed the Roman Catholic Church that was in England, into the modern Anglican Communion. It is known as the 'Reformation'. NB When you see pictures of King Henry, and knowing his actions from history , he comes accross as a very Autocratic person.
Almost certainly not. Shakespeare was born in England after King Henry VIII broke with Rome and established the Church of England. It was illegal to be Catholic in England during Shakespeare's lifetime.
The Church of England began when King Henry VIII, tired over being controlled by the Pope, broke away from Rome and founded the Church of England in 1534.
1. He Broke Away From the Catholic church in Rome 2. He Made him self head of church in England
As her marriage to Henry VIII was central to his split from the Catholic Church, she would have been Catholic, not having lived long enough to have become Protestant.she was a Protestant!! Both she and Henry VIII were Catholics as was (and is) the Church of England they were just not in communion with Rome.
Henry VIII wanted a divorce, but divorce was banned by the Catholic Church therefore Henry decided to appoint himself head of the Church of England so he could get a divorce. However, Henry did not become a Protestant and he continued to practice Catholicism until his death. The Reformation in England did not cause the country to become Protestant. It allowed dissenting ideas freer access to the population. The teachings of men like John Calvin became more common in England because the Church of England was not so directly linked to Rome.
Henry VIII of England broke from the Catholic Church in 1534 when the Act of Supremacy was passed which declared that the King of England was "the only Supreme Head in Earth of the Church of England". The Treasons Act 1534 declared it to be high treason (punishable by death) to refuse to acknowledge the King as such.