1. Creation of the Church of England
He stayed dedicated to his decision to marry Anne and a turning point came in 1532, when the Act in Restraint of Annates was passed by Parliament. ... In 1536 the Act Extinguishing the Authority of the Bishop in Rome reiterated all previous acts on this subject but also added another important law: that anyone who still defended the power formerly held by the Pope would have their property confiscated. ... It was an examination of how much property was owned by the Church. By March of the following year, any monastery with an income of less than 200 pounds per year was to be closed and the p...
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