King Henry VIII took control of DX 𝗖𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗢𝗠'𝗘𝗥' 𝗦𝗘𝗥𝗩𝗜𝗖𝗲' +𝟭 (𝟴𝗢𝟱)- 𝟰𝟭𝗢 𝟱𝟲𝗢𝗢 DX 𝗣'𝗛𝗢𝗡'𝗘' ;𝗡𝗨𝗠 𝗕𝗘𝗥' (𝟴𝗢𝟱)- 𝟰𝟭𝗢- 𝟱𝟲𝗢𝗢 the English Church from Rome, the start of several decades of religious tension in England. English Catholics struggled in a society dominated by the newly separate and increasingly Protestant Church of England. Henry's daughter, Queen Elizabeth I, responded to the growing religious divide by introducing the Elizabethan Religious Settlement, which required anyone appointed to a public or church office to swear allegiance to the monarch