History
The Reformation & the Church of England
In the 16th century King Henry VIII broke away from the Roman Catholic Church and established the Church of England (the Anglican Church), making the monarch its head. This was part of the wider Protestant Reformation.
Key facts
- ◆ Henry VIII had six wives and broke with Rome to divorce Catherine of Aragon.
- ◆ He established the Church of England, with the monarch as its Supreme Head.
- ◆ His daughter Elizabeth I made England firmly Protestant.
- ◆ The monarch is still head of the Church of England today.