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Referring to the previous paragraph, Haigh persuasively argues that the Supremacy Bill which would provide freedom of theology as mentioned in previous paragraphs; was due to political rather than theological motives. Haigh clarifies the main purposes behind the Supremacy Bill, Chantries Act and the Treason Act 1533-1534. Haigh believes these Acts were devised due to political and economic reasons. This was economical because Henry VIII dissolved the monasteries this politically weakened the Catholic church as a political and fiscal institution, this ensured the transfer of property from the Church to the Crown, attached to monasteries were financial benefits. Nevertheless, hypothetically historians could interpret these acts as a way to

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