Wikipedia's article on the Act of Supremacy 1534, community-edited. Reliable for the act's passage by Parliament on 3 November 1534 and royal assent on 18 December 1534, declaring Henry VIII and his successors supreme head of the Church of England in place of the Pope, and for its context in Henry's marital crisis with Catherine of Aragon after Pope Clement VII refused an annulment.
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PublisherWikipedia
Publication Year2026
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Act_of_Supremacy_1534
Source Typereference
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Community-edited reference page, tier 3. Used for the 1534 dates and the act's own wording, stated plainly in the article's own text. NotesUsed for Henry VIII's 1534 break with Rome, predating and explaining Anglicanism's existing 1559 establishment event.
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This source names Church of England directly: "and his successors supreme head of the Church of England in place of the Pope, and for its context in Henry's marital crisis with Catherine of Aragon after Pope Clement VII refused an annulment."
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