Henry Viii's Hierarchy

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Hierarchy was very important during the early modern world because it provided organization and structure within empires and states. It demonstrated the power of the kings and emperors and the people who were below them. It gave them the absolute authority and it showed their dominance in the world. Not only that but hierarchy also provided a way in showing how kings and emperors ran their territories as well. The Ottoman Empire and Henry VIII of England are two examples of this. The Ottoman Empire used the military as a way to maintain control while Henry VIII used religion. The Ottoman Empire took an approach of using the Tribute of Children as a way to maintain control. The Tribute of Children was a way of collecting of Christian boys to…show more content…
Henry VIII was married to Catherine of Aragon of whom the two only had a daughter, Mary. Henry felt that it would be best if a man ruled the country even though England did not have a law stopping women from taking the throne (Upsher et al., 484). He wanted a divorce from his wife Catherine to marry Anne Boleyn and it could only be done by the pope. The pope delayed the request of granting him the divorce and he decided to take matters into his own hands (Henry VIII/The English Act of Supremacy, 1534, 413). Henry went to the Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Cranmer, who gave him the divorce in 1533 (Upsher et al., 484). Upon Henry being granted the divorce, just a year later The English Act of Supremacy was passed by Parliament. This act rejected the papal primacy and made Henry the leader of his own church in England. Because of this, he was able to “dissolve monasteries and enrich his treasury with their great wealth” (Upsher et al., 484). Furthermore, the act gave him full power to address, fix, and correct errors that were happening within the church. He was able to reform the church in ways that he wanted to without the pope being involved and telling him what to do (Henry VIII/ The English Act of Supremacy, 1534,
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