Knowledge Organiser: Tudors and the Reformation

The Catholic Church faced criticism in the Chronology: what happened on these dates? Vocabulary: define these words 16th century, leading to the Reformation. Martin Luther pins his ‘95 theses’ to the A promise to reduce time spent Some rulers left it and set up their own 1517 Indulgence churches, causing plots, revolts and wars. church door in Wittenberg. in purgatory. Summarise your learning Henry VIII declares himself head of the A movement that divided the 1534 Reformation Church of England. Christian Church in Europe. Criticisms The quality and practices of the of the Church were criticised by Martin The process of dissolving England’s A person that disagrees with the Catholic 1536 Heretic Luther. monasteries begins. official Church. Church Edward VI becomes king and begins to A group of Christians, who broke 1547 Protestant accelerate the Reformation in England. away from the Catholic Church. The Reformation spread across The belief that Jesus Christ is The Mary I becomes queen and tries to reverse Europe, weakening the position 1553 Transubstantiation physically present in the bread Reformation the Reformation in England. of the Catholic Church. and wine during mass.

Elizabeth I succeeds Mary and sets up her Declaration that a marriage is 1559 Annulment Henry’s Henry VIII wanted a divorce and own Religious Settlement. invalid. ‘Great had to break from Rome to get Who were these people? What were these events? Matter’ one. The closure and sale of A former monk, who started the Protestant Dissolution Martin Luther England’s monasteries. Reformation in Europe. Impact of In England, the monasteries were Mary, Queen of A rival to the English throne, who fled there the dissolved and the Church Scots after her nobles revolted. Reformation adopted Protestant features. A Protestant religious ceremony, A mercenary and explosives expert, who Guy Fawkes Communion in which Christ is present tried to blow up parliament. Mary persecuted Protestants in symbolically. Mary I and an attempt to reverse the The Babington An unsuccessful plot to kill Elizabeth I and Counter- The Catholic Church’s response Elizabeth I Reformation, but Elizabeth found Plot (1586) replace her with Mary, Queen of Scots. Reformation to the Reformation. a middle way. A failed invasion attempt, organised by The Spanish A new monastic order, set up to The The Catholic Church started a Philip II of Spain, to restore Catholicism in Jesuit Armada (1588) convert people to Catholicism. Catholic Counter-Reformation, attempting England. reaction to reconvert Europe. The The plotters wanted to kill the The A Catholic plot to blow up parliament, kill A person who rules on behalf of Gunpower Protestant king of England by Gunpowder James I and place his daughter on the Regent the lawful leader, while they are Plot blowing up parliament. Plot (1605) throne, which ended in failure. ill or too young.