Some words in defence of Henry VIII and Anglicanism as an historical fenomenon.
Firstly, he defended the liberty of his kingdom and people.
Against the Spanish Empire and others which had no right at all in England - regardless of religious questions!
The Spanish Empire was just as much to blame for making religion be about politics and polarizing things! The Pope was wrongly and a political figure. And is still today. The Monasteries didn't function properly. Celibacy is nonsense. From very early on in Anglicanism priests and monastics were allowed to marry.
The Elizabethan Period continued the English Renaissance and continued this defence of liberty against tyranny.
The Period of the 1580s is comparable in English and European History to the 1940s.
It continued a tradition of England defending freedom in Europe which continues, and could even be said to have extended to the Brexit vote of 2016.
Firstly, he defended the liberty of his kingdom and people.
Against the Spanish Empire and others which had no right at all in England - regardless of religious questions!
The Spanish Empire was just as much to blame for making religion be about politics and polarizing things! The Pope was wrongly and a political figure. And is still today. The Monasteries didn't function properly. Celibacy is nonsense. From very early on in Anglicanism priests and monastics were allowed to marry.
The Elizabethan Period continued the English Renaissance and continued this defence of liberty against tyranny.
The Period of the 1580s is comparable in English and European History to the 1940s.
It continued a tradition of England defending freedom in Europe which continues, and could even be said to have extended to the Brexit vote of 2016.