How did the church of england change after being ruled by Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary Tudor etc.?

Henry VIII basically created the Anglican faith-out of convenience. He needed his divorce and creating his own church (with himself as its head) he saw his way out of his problems (ie Catherine of Aragon) and he also saw his way into quite a lot of property and riches (from the dismantling of the churches, monasteries etc.)

Edward VI continued where his father left off, but with a more spiritual view and less land grabbing...remember, he was only a kid, but a precocious, sermonizing little brat at the same time.

Mary Tudor (I'll assume you're speaking of Bloody Mary, not Henry VIII little sister) was a staunch catholic only exceeded in her exuberance by her mother Catherine of Aragon. She made it her mission to rule England and bring it back to the comforting bosom of the Roman catholic faith...ordering the burning and torture of hundreds of protestants along the way, earning her the nickname of Bloody Mary...although it is a little known fact that her half sister Elizabeth ordered almost as many catholics to death.

It started with Henry VIII, simply wanting to divorce wife number one (Catherine of Aragon) in order to marry wife number two (Anne Boleyn). But the Catholic church forbade divorce, so Henry helped to bring about the Church of England, in which the King is the head of the English church. That is the way it started, in very simple terms. It actually went through many years' before it became what it is today. With Henry's son, Edward, the country was very strictly Protestant. Henry had at least shown some leniency. His son did not. When Mary took the throne, she changed the country back to Catholicism. In fact, she earned the name "Bloody Mary" because she killed people who did not take up her religion. Finally, with Elizabeth I, things changed yet again. Elizabeth was Protestant, but, like her father, she walked a middle line. She was wise enough to keep to the "official" religion, but showed leniency for the Catholics.

The Church, whether the Catholic sort or the Cof E has always been used (willingly) to advance the claims of the ruling classes to subjugate the majority to lives of poverty and distress. The promise of a better life after this one has always been the reward. The Church instead of supporting the Pope and Holy Roman Emperor merely changed to supporting the despotic Monarchy. Either way it was a good money making business and still is with the evangelicals in the USA.

All the answers about Henry needing a divorce are true. But at that time the Church (Catholic) had too much power. They were in control of everything. Henry also wanted to reduce the amount of power and control the church had.

C of E is very similar to the Catholics, high mass etc. and you can't get married in the C of E if you are divorced either.

When Geoffrey Chaucer wrote The Canterbury Tales, satirizing the church's rule over most of the UK, widespread disapproval of the church started to happen. People weren't happy when they saw the huge churches with gold everywhere...gold that could be used to help feed the starving people. They started to see the church's teachings as hypocritical.

henry VII created the anglican church for political reasons as well as getting a divorce from his first wife, catherine of aragon. he banned catholicism in england, turning the whole country anglican

edward VI continued the anglican church throughout his short reign, although he wasnt as interested in seizing the riches the former church had in england, like his father did.

mary, catherine of aragons daughter, was raised catholic and only publicly converted to anglican during her early years. when she became queen, she saw it as her duty to bring england back to the "one true church". and she burned anybody who refused to convert back to catholicism. hence the name "bloody mary"

The half -sister was known on the continent as Bloody Bess.Catholics were hunted,drawn and quartered,and executed.

Yes they all left their stamp as will Lizzie