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17 November 1534
Act of Supremacy
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Parliament passes the Act of Supremacy that confirms the right of the
king to be 'supreme head' of the Church of England instead of the pope,
who Roman Catholics believe is the head of the Church. This enables Henry
VIII to ignore the pope's refusal to allow him to remarry. The title
of 'supreme head' was abolished by the Catholic Mary
I in 1554, but under Elizabeth I it
was revived as the title 'supreme governor', which was a compromise to
allow some Catholics to accept the Anglican
Church.
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