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    The Act of Supremacy 1558 (1 Eliz. 1. c. 1), sometimes referred to as the Act of Supremacy 1559, is an act of the Parliament of England, which replaced...
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  • passed the Act of Supremacy 1558, which declared Elizabeth the Supreme Governor of the Church of England, instituted an Oath of Supremacy, requiring anyone...
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    the Act of Supremacy 1558 and the Thirty-Nine Articles. Elizabeth was trying to achieve a settlement after 30 years of turmoil during the reigns of Henry...
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    half-sister, Queen Elizabeth I of England, under the Act of Supremacy 1558. The Oath was later extended to include Members of Parliament (MPs) and people...
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    repealed by the See of Rome Act 1554 (1 & 2 Ph. & M. c. 8 s. 5 [s. 21, Ruff]); repeal of s. 7 was confirmed by the Act of Supremacy 1558 (1 Eliz. 1 c. 1 s...
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  • Mary I accedes to the throne. 1558 England – Queen Elizabeth I accedes to the throne 1559 England – Act of Supremacy 1558 Scotland – John Knox returns...
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    Edward VI, before a brief restoration of papal authority under Queen Mary I and King Philip. The Act of Supremacy 1558 renewed the breach, and the Elizabethan...
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    the Act of Supremacy in 1555. Elizabeth I ascended to the throne in 1558, and the Parliament restored the original Act by passing the Act of Supremacy 1558...
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    Britain. The Act of Supremacy 1558 had confirmed the independence of the Church of England from Roman Catholicism under the English monarch. One of the principal...
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    and two essential acts were passed into law, the Act of Supremacy 1558 and the Act of Uniformity 1558. Collectively referred to as the Elizabethan Religious...
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