When was the act of Supremacy granted?
The name “Act of Supremacy” is given to two separate acts of the English Parliament, one passed in 1534 and the other in 1559. Both acts had the same purpose; to firmly establish the English monarch as the official head of the Church of England, supplanting the power of the Catholic pope in Rome. Sources: http://www.britainexpress.com/History/tudor/act-of-supremacy.
The Act of Supremacy refers to two separate acts of the English Parliament, one passed in 1534 and the other in 1559. Both acts served to firmly establish the English monarch as the official head of the Church of England, supplanting the power of the Catholic pope in Rome. One purpose of the Act of 1534 was to allow King Henry VIII to obtain an annulment of his marriage to Catherine of Aragon. In 1554, the Act of Supremacy was repealed by Henry’s Catholic daughter, Queen Mary I. It was reinstated, in 1559, by Queen Elizabeth I. Sources: http://www.britainexpress.com/History/tudor/act-of-supremacy.
