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Henry Viii's Defender Of The Faith

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Professori Mark Bocija Henry also had written a book against Luther's theology, and the pope was so grateful for his support that he awarded him the title "Defender of the Faith." However, there were some people who refused to swear allegiance to the new church and were executed. Most of Henry's subjects considered themselves Catholics. In 1536, Henry began to suppress monasteries and confiscate their property and land. There was a rebellion by numerous tenants whose lives had been disrupted due to Henry's actions, and these were not solely motivated by religious concerns. Edward VI, son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour, was only 9 when he rose to power after his father died. He was a protestant. After he dies, his half-sister, Mary, was next …show more content…

A royal palace was built in honor of St. Lawrence and it also symbolized the power of Phillip as well as his commitment to the Catholic crusade. In the Netherlands, protestant influences had spread and it appealed to the urban populations. These people responded enthusiastically to Luther's of the rights of the individual and also to Calvin's argument. According to Phillip, in order to strengthen his control over the urban Netherland provinces, he had to get rid of the Protestants. After softer measures had failed to send the Protestants out, Phillip sent an army to enforce religious conformity. This sparked a resistance formed around William of Orange. The Franco-Catholic provinces sided with the Spanish while the North's provinces formed a Protestant alliance. This battle was more of a battle for their independence rather than a battle to defend their religion. Also, Elizabeth refused Phillips proposal to marry her and she provided assistance to the Protestant Netherlands to gain independence from Spain. Phillip did not like this and so he sought to attack England and also hoped to make England Catholic again. Phillip's attempt to invade England ended in disaster because of bad weather, poor planning and the good skills of English sailors. Phillip was attacking England on the basis that they helped the Netherlands and also because he wanted to make England a Catholic country again. But it can also be argued that, maybe he was just angry because Queen Elizabeth refused to accept his proposal and he was just looking for a way to get back at her and used the religious aspect of the war as an excuse to cover up his ulterior

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