Henry

Who wrote the preface to the Great Bible?

GB Cranmer

What religion was Cranmer?

C Henrician Protestant

What position did Cranmer hold under the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI and, for a short time, Mary I?

Archbishop of Canterbury

What did Cranmer help Henry with in og ref?

The annulment

What happened to Cranmer?

Imprisoned for 2 years by mary, recants, burned anyway so withdrew recantations (aka died a prot martyr)

Who were involved in printing GB?

Coverdale and Grafton; French printer; Bonner (ambassador at Parish)

Name of French printer involved in printing OG GB?

François Regnault

How many GBs in the first ed run?

2,500

% GB first ed printed in France vs London? (most later editions just printed in London)

60%; 40%

When was the 10th and last edition of the GB?

1562

What replaced the great bible?

Geneva Bible

What were the special editions of the GB for Henry and Cranmer printed on?

Parchment not paper

Audience for GB?

Every parish church

GB- What does Cranmer argue about how the bible should be read?

For spiritual and intellectual stimulation

GB- Who does Cranmer see as equal problems?

People putting too much of own opinion on scripture and those who think too little about it

GB- What is a problem in social attitudes Cranmer explores?

How people don’t think its their role to read the bible at home

GB- What does Cranmer compare scripture to?

Medicine

Precursor to GB? (C\__ just escaped the Spanish inquisition)

William Tyndale, 1535; Coverdale

Which injunction directed that a copy of the Bible in English should be placed in every parish church by Easter (06 April) 1539?

1538, Second Henrician Injunctions by Cromwell

Sources we could link GB to

Cranmer’s portrait, Litany, Book of Common Prayer, Homilies, Foxe, Henry Speech

Which historian gave a foreword to the 1994 reprint of Cranmers preface?

Gerald Bray

What is important to remember about Cranmer’s preface?

He was working for Henry

When were Bonner’s Injunctions for London Diocese

1542

When was Bonner Bishop of London?

1539-49; 1553-59

Why was Bonner in prison under Ed for most of the reign?

Refusing to use or enforce prayer books

Why was Bonner ousted from his see in 1559?

Refusing the oath of supremacy to Liz

What was the religious story for Bonner?

Involved with Break with rome, then reconciled under somerset when reforms went too far

How did Bonner rise through govt?

Being Wosley’s chaplain

What is the key arg of Bonners 1542 Henrician Injunctions?

Teaching based on bible

What did Bonners Henrician injunctions prescribe?

Diligent study; every week a chapter of the bible

What book does Bonner say in 1542 every parish church needs?

The Institution of a Christian Man, aka The Bishops Book

What should all curates declare openly at the pulpit twice every quarter to their parishoners?

The 7 deadly sins and the 10 commandments

What does Burnet suggest about Bonners 1542 injunctions

That they were so unlike the rest of his life they were likely written by someone else and signed off by Bonner by order of the king

What was the name of the Kings Book

A Necessary Doctrine and Erudition

Date of Kings Book

1543

What did the Kings Book do?

Re-established many earlier roman-catholic doctrines – but kept justification by faith alone; sets out real presence in Eucharist

What does the Kings book set out but without explicitly mentioning a belief in purgatory

Prayers for the dead

What does the Kings book say we should live in?

Obedience

Who is the Kings book addressed to?

KB Henry

KB comparisons

Henry’s speech, Bonner’s Nec and Prof

What is significant about KB?

Shows Henry more as a reformed Catholic than fully prot

Who writes most of the letters in the Letters and Papers of the Reign of Henry VIII in 1540?

Charles de Marillac

What are the 1540 letters from Cromwell to Henry about?

Asking to be excused of treason; Cleves marriage problem solving

What was Henry’s fear about the Cleves marriage

He wouldn’t have more children

What religion was Charles de Marillac?

Catholic but accused aged 22 of having sympathies with Reformers

Who was Marillac

French ambassador

When was Marillac at Henry’s court

1538-43

What did Marillac have?

An over inflated sense of self importance

What is important about letters generally

Not printed

What is Marillac quite scathing about?

Henry’s kingship

2 big issues covered by Marillac?

Cleves Marriage; Cromwell fall

What does Marillac reserve from Cromwell?

Une bonne pensée

What does Marillac discuss about court and parliament?

Faction fighting

Why does Marillac say Cromwell was taken to the Tower

For being attached to two lutherans

Which king was Marillac writing to?

Francis I

Who else did Marillac write to? (Grand master of France, supervising the royal household and Francis I’s private service, a soldier and diplomat)

Anne de Montmorency

What did Marillac claim Henry was trying to do with regards to religion

Lead back religion to the way of truth

What does Marillac say about Henry’s greed which explains the spoils of the church?

He is so covertous that all the riches in the world would not satisfy him

What can we compare Marillac to?

Portraits, other ambassadors

What were Tudor proclaimations purpose?

Communicate legislative change for country and specific areas

Who were meant to read procs?

JPS, general public, could be targeted to areas

What is RMs source called?

The State of Melford Church

When was RMs ccount written?

James reign, at the end of his life

Who was RM?

English Catholic recusant and churchwarden of Holy Trinity Church, Long Melford, Suffolk from 1554 to 1558/9

Example priest hid by RM

Henry Foster

Where was RMs account written? Was it published?

Suffolk; no

Why did RM write?

Manuscript for family, hopes they will restore the church one day

What is a key emphasis on RM?

Ritual

What sources might we link RM to

Statures, protestant exiles (recusant experience)

Who wrote the foreword for rm

MacCulloch

When was the famous speech of King Henry VIII

Christmas Eve, 1545, Hens 37th year as king

Where was the speech spoken?

HoP

When was the speech printed in London?

1642

What is the phrase from the speech?

Mumpsimus for sumpsimus

Where does the Mumpsimus-sumpsimus phrase originate from?

Erasmus, based on a story from Paris where a printer refused to make changes to a new ed despite there being a fault

Who brough phrase mumpsimus to sumpsimus to England

Richard pale

Who were the Mumpsimus people

Religious conservatives; pope loyalists

Who were the Sumpsimus people?

Protestants

What was the underlying assumption in the Mumpsimus-Sumpsimus phrase

Protestants are right

What does henry say is lacking in England

Charity

What does Henry see daily?

you of the Clergy preach one against another

What does hen ultimately want

Religious uniformity

Which historian thinks henry wanted a third way?

G W Bernard

Which sources might we compare Henry’s speech to?

Statutes, kings book, 6 articles

Who was Wriothesley?

Lord Chancellor and Lord High Admiral; skilled politician; tortured Anne Askew

What did Wriothesley gain a lot from?

Dissolution of the monasteries

What did Wroithesley do?

Whatever the king wanted; helped with the break from Rome but happy to persecute protestants

What was Wroithesely one of? Paget too

Executors of Henry’s will

Who did Wroithesely oppose?

Somerset

Who was Stephen Gardiner

English Catholic Bishop, Lord Chancellor under Mary and Phil

Who was William Paget?

Held prominent positions undet Hen, Ed, and Mary

Who relied on Paget’s advice and how is this shown? (hint: not somerset here)

Henry; appointed homo e of the council to act in Eds minority

Who did Paget replace as clerk of privy council in 1540?

Cromwell

What was paget made in 1541, but left in 1542 to do what?

Clerk of Parliament, ambassador in French court

What did Paget have lots of?

Patronage powers

What was Paget made in 1543?

Sec of state in privy council

Who was Paget’s friend who probably helped him climb up?

Gardiner

What religion was Paget?

P Conservative Protestant

What difficulty does Gardiner explore

Have no access to the king

What was the problem with the Howards?

Encouraging female relatives to be harlots; trading with foreigners