Catherine of Aragon

The Book Catherine of Aragon written by Garrett Mattingly is about the life of Catherine of Aragon, the princess of Spain during the late 1400’s and early 1500’s. The book begins with Catherine’s life as a small child, before she became Queen. The first section of the book talks of Catherine’s upbringing as a princess and includes details on the duties of her and her siblings. A good example of this is described on page 17 as it shows how Catherine and her sisters had to be educated on their bloodline

History remembers King Henry VIII and his many wives. Very few remember his first wife, Catherine of Aragon. She was known as being quite beautiful and a great queen. Despite how poorly treated she was Catherine remained strong. The beloved Catherine of Aragon was the most remarkable queen due to the way she led her kingdom. Catherine, First Queen of King Henry VIII, daughter of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain, was born at Alcala de Henares on the 15 or 16 of December 1485. She is the

Though she lived a short life, Catherine of Aragon left a footprint that impacted the world for a long time. Catherine of Aragon not only caused an immediate change in the mindset of Europe, she also left a long term change in the mindset of the world. Without her, the English Reformation may not have occurred, and the feminist movement would have been delayed. She showed the world how to persevere through hard times and was a role model of excellence. Catherine of Aragon was the youngest child of

Throughout their reign, Catherine of Aragon and Henry VIII were a very religious, Catholic, queen and king. They attended mass almost every day and followed the strict rules of the Roman Catholic Church. During his Kingship, Henry remained a devout Catholic who did not appreciate Protestantism. He wrote a book attacking the ideas of the German Protestant reformer Martin Luther. For that, the Pope of the Roman Catholic Church gave him the title of “Defender of the Faith” (Dwyer 13). Henry VIII became

six marriages. He was married to Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard, and Catherine Parr. His first marriage, with Catherine of Aragon, lasted almost 24 years. However, his marriages to the other five wives all add up to less than ten years total. A common way to remember the destiny of the wives is “Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced,

Politics interfered with his wish to divorce Catherine of Aragon. Beset by Pope Clement VII’s procrastination over the annulment between Catherine and Henry, it was completely stalled by Charles V, Catherine’s nephew, when his troops sacked Rome in May of 1527. This led Henry to act in his own best interests, and on February 7, 1531, he stood

Throughout history there has been many events that caused changes in the culture and livelihood of the human race. The Black Death was one such event. The spread of the disease killed millions of people, and caused many religious, social and economic upheavals. The pandemic is thought to have first originated in Central Asia and travel along the Silk Road by the means of trade. The shifting climate patterns at the start of the Little Ice Age may have contributed to the severity of the disease. The

sons named Arthur and Henry to inherit the throne when he dies. Arthur married at the age of nine to Catherine Aragon, the Spanish Princess, who was fourteen at the time. They went their separate ways before commencement and Arthur died a few years later of natural causes. Henry VIII was next in line to the throne and became King. When he was fourteen, he wanted to marry his brother’s widow, Catherine, who was seven years older than him. He bribed the Pope to allow that marriage to his brother’s widow

pregnancy. Catherine of Aragon, Henry VIII’s first wife, announced her sixth pregnancy[]. Not unlike her previous five pregnancies, this one was greeted with as much, if not more caution than excitement. Henry VIII wanted nothing more than to produce a son to carry on his name and to continue the Tudor dynasty, and until this point, he and Catherine had not been granted that luxury. After two stillborns, two infant deaths, and the birth of one daughter, Mary, the hope that Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon

King Henry VIII and the Schism St. Augustine, a Catholic saint that helped developed the Western Catholic Church, once said “ There is nothing more serious than the sacrilege of schism because there is no just case of severing the unity of the church” (St. Augustine). Through this quote it is learned of the significance of the Catholic Church saw to staying together and avoiding a schism( a split between parties based on different beliefs). The Catholics believed that in the event of a break in