Task 8. Fill in the gaps while viewing this subpart

People in Britain were devout but increasingly critical of the Catholic Church. Martin Luther* in Germany spoke publicly against the corruption of the Catholic church. From then on people were divided into Catholics and Protestants. This brings us to the birth of the 1)…….. …….. Reformation of the Church in England is about one man’s drive for power. It was caused by King Henry VIII need for divorce, because his wife Katherine had given him a daughter but failed to produce a male 2) ….. The Pope didn’t grant him a divorce, so Henry VIII set up his own English Church. With him the whole English nation had to break with Rome whether they liked it or not. Henry had 3) … wives but only three legitimate 4) ……..: two daughters and one son. Even though he began 5) ……… reformation, Henry’s personal religion never really changed.

His son Edward became the first Protestant King. British Book of Common Prayer* was introduced. Edward ruled for six years before he died. His half-sister Mary was a Catholic. So Protestants were persecuted, tortured, even burned at the stake. It gave her the nickname 6) …… ….. Mary died childless in 1558. Elizabeth followed her to the throne. She was a Protestant. Elizabeth managed to create religious settlement in 1559 which brought peace to England.

The Church of England and Protestantism became one of the strongest roots of English national culture.