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An Act concerning the King's Highness to be Supreme Head of the Church of England and to have authority to reform and redress all errors, heresies, and abuses in the same -
The establishment of the Church of England and a pre-modern state
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The first major political union in what would become the United Kingdom. Act of Union done under Henry VIII -
A revolt because of the disband of the monasteries and the changes instituted in the Church of England by Henry VIII
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Dead because of a disease. Son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymore
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Called the Act for the Provision and relief of the Poor under the reign of Edward IV, focused mainly on the punishment of vagabonds. -
Queen Mary I, also called "Bloody Mary". Daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon. Died because of illness
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Instituted by Elizabeth I, she declared herself supreme governor of the Church of England -
Every parish had to use the book of common prayer, and people who did not attend an Anglican service were fined. -
Civil war in Scotland.
It was a period of conflict which followed the abdication of Mary, Queen of Scots, and her escape from Lochleven Castle in May 1568 -
Animated by the Earls of Westmorland and Northumberland, they were back by 6000 insurgents. Their aim was to replace Elizabeth by Mary, Queen of Scots (Catholic and next heir in line). The rebellion was crushed. -
Elizabeth I was excommunicated by the Pope Pius V -
This established the idea that central and local government had a responsibility for helping the poor. But it also established a distinction between the “deserving poor” and the “undeserving poor” -
Consisted in providing relief to the aged, sick or infant poors.
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Known as “Elizabethan Poor Law”, voted in 1601, was a collection of laws that offered relief to people who were unable to work; able poor people were sent to work in a house of industry; vagrants were sent to houses of correction or prison; and, pauper children would become apprentices.