Slide 1 The King’s Great Matter Henry VIII and the English Reformation Slide 2 Henry VIII, c. 1509Thomas Wolsey Slide 3 Catherine of Aragon, 1502 In 1509, Henry VIII married…

Slide 1 THE REFORMATION Slide 2 CAUSES OF THE REFORMATION  Social: Humanism and the Printing Press led to a questioning of the Church.  Political: Monarchs challenged…

Slide 1 The English Reformation & The Reign of the Tudors Slide 2 King Henry VIII Slide 3 Henry’s Trouble with the Church Asked the Pope to Annul his Marriage to Catherine…

Slide 1 TheReformation The Reformation The English Reformation Henry VIII to Elizabeth I Photo Credits Sacred DestinationsLucas Cranach Gertrude KanuLee Lai Stephen KompCharlotte…

Slide 1 ABSOLUTISM Slide 2 Absolute Monarchs Kings and Queens who held all of the power within their states’ boundaries. Control every aspect of society. Believe in divine…

Slide 1 The Reformation Slide 2 Luther Challenges the Church  Luther was a monk and teacher  He was spiritually uncomfortable: felt sinful, lost, rejected by God …

England in the 15th Century The 15th century was a time of trouble and change. The country was ravaged by war and plague, and the population did not begin to…

The Game of Kings: Monarchs and religion at the beginning of the Reformation The English Reformation Henry VIII and the Reformation in England Who was Henry and why was he…

THE REFORMATION Problems with the Catholic Church Worldliness of the popes Priests and monks were poorly educated Some priests had wives and children People expected higher…

Luther Starts the Reformation Causes of the Reformation Changes of Church Critics They wanted popes to be less concerned with luxury and political power. They did not want…