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Source 9 and 7 disagrees with the statement and tells us that Henrys wish to divorce Catherine of Aragon was the driving force in the break from Rome. Source 9 is a letter written by Eustace Chapuys it tells us of his suspicions to why Cranmer was promoted to Archbishop of Canterbury, “to the great astonishment of everybody”. He tells us that it is suspected that Cranmer has been made Archbishop as he “may authorise the new marriage in this parliament and can grant the necessary divorce”. Promoting Cranmer to Archbishop so hastily without consulting the Pope shows a clear break and the cause is shown to be the Henrys haste to gain the “necessary divorce”. Source 7 says about the Act in Restraint of Appeals that “in earlier drafts of the act, specific reference was made to the King’s divorce and the problems of succession”, this shows that one of the main pieces of legislation surrounding the break from Rome contained the personal matter of the King’s divorce, showing it was an important factor. However the validity of Source 9 is questionable as it is written by the ambassador to Charles V. Charles V was Catherine of Aragon’s nephew so Chapuys would probably place Catherine’s importance, in the break with rome, first.

After his failing business Henry married to Sarah Shelton 3 years later. She was the daughter of a local innkeeper, in 1754. When he married Sarah he received some land he tried growing tobacco, but this didn’t last but 3 years.

Desiring marriage to his mistress Anne Boleyn, and a subsequent male heir to the throne, King Henry VIII of England stood before the pope with a plea. He wanted to divorce his then wife Catherine of Aragon, who he had come to despise for failing to produce a male heir, and instead marry Anne. However, this request was met with adamant refusal by the pope, who deemed the divorce unholy as it was against the Catholic faith. Upon hearing that his request was denied, Henry became livid and, in with the Act of Supremacy, ordained himself the head of the Anglican Church. He then proceeded to divorce Catherine and take Anne as his new bride. But Henry’s actions against the Catholic Church did not stop there.

He closed down many Catholic monasteries to seize their wealth. When he was not permitted to divorce his first wife by the Pope at the time, he split from the Catholic church entirely. Louis may have thrown several parties with the money he had collected through very high taxes, but Henry’s actions negatively helped kick-start the strenuous relationship between the Catholics and Protestants of England. This led to a very disastrous war that nearly tore Europe apart.

Catharine of Aragon was Arthur’s widow, and seven years after his death Henry VIII married her on June 11, 1509 when he was seventeen years old . The new prince, Henry VIII, did not waste any time in experimenting with his new found power. He quickly found two ministers his father greatly disliked when he was alive, and he had them arrested and then executed. Execution soon became Henry VIII’s standard way of punishing anyone who crossed his path.

1545 Knox, denounced the Pope, Bloody Mary was on the throne, in fear for his life Knox fled to France, where he met Calvin & became his student.

Cramner appealed to Parliament to confirm that Henry’s marriage to Catherine was invalid. Henry secretly marries a lady in his court, Anne Boleyn, in 1533. He decides to officially break with the Catholic church the following year and makes himself the head of the Church of England. He appoints Cramner as his new Archbishop and Cramner publicly declares the marriage between King Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon as invalid.

For all intents and purposes, Parr followed the path of the good lower-noble woman. Fate decided to widow her twice and placed her in the eyes of King Henry VIII, who, hurt by the betrayal of his fifth wife, Katherine Howard, with her wandering eye and adultery, became smitten with Parr, “a woman who combined chastity with a legitimately vanished maidenhood,” and married her on July 12, 1543. With her newly acquired power, Parr became Queen of England, Regent of England in Henry VIII’s absence, and stepmother to the royal children; each of these children spent time as monarch of England after Henry’s death. She utilized this power to wield influence in England. She became a patron of the arts and education as well as a writer in her own right.

Her marriage was tuff, although she loved him, Henry was more in love with his mistress, Diane de Poitiers, which he spent most of his time with. Diane gained a lot of influence in the governing of France. This bothered Catherine, but she kept her personal feelings to herself.

People gain power through acts of honor, effective leaders take action and help others on the other hand some lie to attain power and use it to benefit themselves and their cores. King Henry the fourth written by Shakespeare revolutionized the way in which play are written and presented through iambic pentameter allowing the play to consistently have ten syllables per line allowing the play to run smoother. A few good men directed by Rob Reiner in 1992 presents a story of injustice as Marines are wrongly accused of murder through lies and politics. Through each character we see how politics affect some aspect of their lives, through various false accusations truths begin to emerge causing great disruption to the hierarchy.

In his article, Christopher Wilson looks into the influence King Henry III of England had on the design of Westminster Abbey. Wilson looks not only at the unprecedented additions that seem to serve a specific purpose for the crown and coronations, but also what elements of the main architecture that can be attributed to Henry III’s influence. He begins by looking at the elements scholars have agreed as attributed to Henry III and their purpose within the church as the location of coronations. By looking at specifically the galleries and the treatment of the west aisle of the south transept as a private pew for the monarchy, Wilson lays out where the focus of previous scholarship resided as a means to introduce the need for his own research.

The split from Rome had made England vulnerable and Thomas Cromwell had suggested his next wife to be of a political match, much like the first. Anne of Clebes was the chosen match. The marriage took place on January 6, 1540, and by then Henry was already looking for ways to get out of the marriage. The King did not find his new bride attractive and had found an attraction to a young Kathryn Howard. Anne gave the King no problems with his annulment proceedings.

Henry the Fifth has been noted as England’s best King throughout history. He was loved among the common people and nobles alike for his fairness, his effectiveness on the throne, his justness, and his ability to relate to people of all classes. The kings that reigned before him, especially his father King Henry IV and King John, provide a striking contrast to Hal’s attitude on the throne. Kings of the past had not experienced the life of the common people, and chose to lead their lives in the realm of the castle. As we witnessed in I Henry IV, Hal’s father even went as far to discuss this approach to ruling at length with Hal. Henry IV believed that a king was best admired and supplicated if he was kept

In the early 1500s, Thomas Cranmer, the Archbishop of Canterbury, grew in the favor of Henry VIII. When Henry VIII was attempting to divorce Catherine of Aragon, Thomas Cranmer helped Henry VIII build his case for the annulment of the marriage. Thomas Cranmer also supported the law of Royal Supremacy, which made the king the head of the Church. These things led to Thomas Cranmer getting in Henry VIII “good books” which later helped him once Edward VI acceded the throne. Thomas Cranmer’s willingness to compromise helped him reach such a powerful position in the church so quickly. If Cranmer had gone about things the way Luther did, he would have easily been executed for heresy and defying the Law of Treason and Heresy by revolting against the king. By compromising some

Chaucer was in King Edward's army during early parts of the Hundred Years War in 1359. Unfortunately he was captured during an unsuccessful siege of Rheims. Luckily the king contributed to his ransom. By 1366, Chaucer married Philippa Pan, who was another courtier that attended the Countess