Why Is King Henry Viii Important

Henry the VIII was born on June 28, 1491. He was the son of Henry VII and Elizabeth York. He was the second Tudor monarch. He had six wives and beheaded two of them. Henry took the throne after his brother died. Henry the VIII was important to history because he established the church of England and began the protestant reformation in England. When Henry became the king England the head of the church was the pope everything was written in Latin and almost everything was based on the Roman Catholic church. By the time Henry had died the king was the head of the church. Most of the prayers were said in Latin but The “Lord’s Prayer” was spoken in English. Henry’s first wife was Catherine of Aragon. Catherine was the daughter of Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain. She was married to Henrys brother Arthur died four months after the marriage. Henrys father wanted to keep the alliance with Spain so he got Pope Julius II granted dispensation from Arthur and

The monks started to become very lazy and stopped doing their job by helping the community. Henry attacked the monasteries and made them disappear he called this dissolution. Henry wanted the dissolution to be backed by law. So, he had Thomas Cromwell send out a group of men to investigate. They found out that the monks were very corrupt they each had 10 girlfriends and they were full of vice. Robert aske wanted the monks to be left alone. Aske was hung in front of the church by chains. He stayed there tell he starved to death.
After being fully separated from the Roman Catholic church a great uprising formed known as the pilgrimage of Grace. During this 30,000-people rebelled against the king’s changes. The uprising became a major threat to Kings monarchy. 200 people were executed. When John Fisher the bishop of Rochester and Sir Thomas More, Henry’s former lord chancellor refused to take the oath of the king they were beheaded at Tower