He created the Anglican religion in order to get an annulment from his marriage to Catherine of Aragon. He did so by creating a “Protestant” religion which meant he did not need the Pope. This caused some people to question his right to make this religion. His advisers, such as Thomas More, thought of this as a bad move. As Thomas More stated before his execution for speaking out against the new religion “I die the king’s good servant, but God’s first.” In the German states there was also a great deal of tension. Before when all the German states were still autonomous, like they were still to that day. Before, the states remained autonomous due to small princes ruling the land and all of them have to serve the Holy Roman Emperor. At those times Catholicism was the only religion, but when Protestantism entered the Holy Roman Empire it began to infiltrate certain states. While some states remained Catholic others converted to Protestant. This led to conflict between the Holy Roman Emperor, who stated all people must be Catholic, and the
He created the Anglican religion in order to get an annulment from his marriage to Catherine of Aragon. He did so by creating a “Protestant” religion which meant he did not need the Pope. This caused some people to question his right to make this religion. His advisers, such as Thomas More, thought of this as a bad move. As Thomas More stated before his execution for speaking out against the new religion “I die the king’s good servant, but God’s first.” In the German states there was also a great deal of tension. Before when all the German states were still autonomous, like they were still to that day. Before, the states remained autonomous due to small princes ruling the land and all of them have to serve the Holy Roman Emperor. At those times Catholicism was the only religion, but when Protestantism entered the Holy Roman Empire it began to infiltrate certain states. While some states remained Catholic others converted to Protestant. This led to conflict between the Holy Roman Emperor, who stated all people must be Catholic, and the