Chapter VIII
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HENRY VIII (iv), 1529-1533—THE BREACH WITH ROME 1529. No Revolt Yet— Growth of Anti-clericalism—Thomas Cranmer—Appeal to the Universities —The New Parliament—Thomas Cromwell—Pope, Clergy, and King—Double Campaign Opens—1530. Answer of Universities—Preoccupation of the Clergy—Menace of Praemunire—1531. "Only Supreme Head"—Proceedings in Parliament—1532. Parliament—Supplication against the Ordinaries— Resistance of Clergy—"Submission of the Clergy"—Mortmain, Benefit of Clergy, and Annates—The Powers and the Divorce—The Turn of the Year— 1533. The Crisis—Restraint of Appeals—Cranmer Archbishop—The Decisive Breach.