Anti-Catholicism in the United Kingdom

The English Reformation 1.Background a) People sought reform as early as 1300 b) Reformer were persecuted and sometimes killed c) Henry VIII(Tudor Dynasty) was firmly agaisnt the Protestant Reformation -Service in fighting protestantism he was awarded "Defender of Faith" by the Pope 2. Break with Rome a) Henry wanted an annulment(kind of a divorve but approved by the church... regular divorce is a church sin and people were usually excommununicated) from his wife of 18 years. - She gave Henry only one daughter (Mary Tudor) - Henry felt that he needed a male heir b) Henry asked the Pope to annul his marraiage to Catherine -The Pope refused