page_title: English Reformation
section_title: Marian Restoration
hierarchical_section_title: English Reformation / Marian Restoration
caption_attribution_description: Español: Retrato de la reina María I de Inglaterra (1516-1558), más conocida como María Tudor, que fue hija del rey Enrique VIII de Inglaterra y de la reina Catalina de Aragón y reina consorte de España por su matrimonio con Felipe II, hijo del emperador Carlos I de España.
context_page_description: The English Reformation took place in 16th-century England when the Church of England broke away from the authority of the Pope and the Roman Catholic Church. These events were, in part, associated with the wider European Protestant Reformation, a religious and political movement that affected the practice of Christianity in western and central Europe. Causes included the invention of the printing press, increased circulation of the Bible and the transmission of new knowledge and ideas among scholars, the upper and middle classes and readers in general. The phases of the English Reformation, which also covered Wales and Ireland, were largely driven by changes in government policy, to which public opinion gradually accommodated itself.
  Based on Henry VIII's desire for an annulment of his marriage, the English Reformation began as more of a political affair than a theological dispute. The reality of political differences between Rome and England allowed growing theological disputes to come to the fore. Until the break with Rome, the Pope and general councils of the church decided doctrine. Church law was governed by canon law with final jurisdiction in Rome.
caption: Queen Mary I of England restored the English allegiance to Rome.
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