The most important reason was his divorce. This was important for a number of reasons. Firstly, he would be rid of the ugly Catherine Of Aragon and he could marry Anne Boleyn instead. Henry never did get on well with Catherine and he decided to divorce her.…
Another problem Henry had was he wanted a son but his wife Catherine of Aragon had given him a daughter. Catherine couldn’t give birth to another baby, so Henry had to get a divorce which the Pope had to approve of. Then he needed a new wife.…
On the other hand he did do many horrible things as well. On the 11th June 1509 Henry married Katharine of Aragon when he was only eighteen years of age. However Henry wasn’t very happy as Katharine had a baby girl and he needed a boy so he could be his heir. So he had an affair with Anne Boleyn. However, there was a problem for him. The Roman Catholic Church did not recognise or accept divorce. Henry, as with everybody else in England, was a Roman Catholic. He expected the Roman Catholic Church to make an exception for him as he was king of England.…
Henry VIII began his reign as a loyal Catholic, accepting the Pope as head of the Church. The Pope even gave Henry the title, ‘Defender of the Faith’. However, this time of peace between Henry VIII and Rome did not last forever!…
I believe that Henry VIII was ultimately unsuccessful in his aims from 1509-1514. He had three mains aims during this time and these were to secure the dynasty that Henry VII had created, assert his authority over his new kingdom and Foreign Policy, which Henry was planning to completely change. Various factors and traits contributed to this lack of success, which will be explored in this essay.…
Henry VII took the throne after a battle against the former king Richard III whose forces outnumbered Henrys by two to one. Henry VII had a couple of big problems, one of them was that there were people that had a stronger claim to the throne than he did, his only claim was that god let him win the battle, therefore the nobility didn’t respect him at the beginning of his reign. Another of the problems he faced was the fact that he feared a lot about his security and about his son, and in order to keep his family and himself safe, he signed treaties with other countries so they didn’t attack each other because Henry, not being a conventional king, preferred peace than war.…
Since Henry VIIs reign started on the 22nd August 1485 he adapted many different techniques and ideas so keep his nobility from gaining too much power. Some of these ideas became successful however some didn’t achieve the goal and some even made it worse leaving the nobility with more power. He followed through with new ideas until his death and therefore the end of his reign on the 21st April 1509.…
On the face of it, Henry showed Protestant sympathies in various legislations and in his behaviour through, for example, the Act of Supremacy, 1534, and the dissolution of the monasteries respectively. However, Henry not only acted similarly towards Catholicism, through, for example the Six Articles, 1539, but also appears to have had alternative motives for these seeming moves towards Protestantism.…
A first reason why henry viii broke from Rome was religion. You know this because he wanted to change the Catholic Church to protestant and he also thought that the Catholic Church was corrupt so he thought if he was head if the church it wouldn’t be. Henry viii didn’t like the way that Catholics could pay to have their sins removed. Therefore religion made henry viii break with Rome because if he was made head of the church he could say that only god could remove their sins he could also change the way the church was run so maybe it wouldn’t be corrupt.…
The religious changes made during the rein of Henry the Eighth were very significant because many affected people’s daily lives at the time. Probably the most significant change, happened in 1532-1534; when Henry declared himself, rather than the pope, to be head of the church. All payments to the pope were stopped from the English church. Now Henry was head of the church he gained a huge amount of power allowing him to make all sorts of changes to England. One of these changes was that Henry closed the monasteries, which covered a quarter of the land in England, and a lot of abbeys fell into disrepair. Many monks were left homeless with no where to go, which caused thousands of people to rebel in 1536, this rebellion was named the “Pilgrimage of Grace”. This act failed and many monks and abbots were executed. This religious change made during the rein of Henry the Eighth was more significant to the people living in England at the time, than to our daily lives today.…
Henry the VIII broke from Rome because of four main reasons: money, power, religion and succession. Some of the main reasons are linked together, one example is succession which is linked to power. By having a son he thought it would maintain his power at the throne when he was no longer ruler. I think that power was the most important reason. I think this because if he broke away from the Church of Rome, he could take control of the church. This meant that he could unlock the riches that the church held. By doing this he could pay for the wars he fought and the power he had over his people. He also would have more money to leave in the treasury, not only for himself but future generations. The money would lead to power; his greatest desire. To carry this power on he wanted it to be entrusted in a son. All the reasons link together to show his need for power as king.…
Catherine, understandably, was opposed to be divorced from Henry and tried her upmost to prevent the marriage being ended. Henry believed it would be easy to get a divorce from his wife due to Wolsey’s contacts, as papal legate and cardinal. However when it became clear that Wolsey’s efforts weren’t materializing, growing pressure began to remove Wolsey from his position. Wolsey went to desperate measures to resolve the problem, even attempting to put Catherine in a nunnery. However when all of these attempts failed, it was a combination of this, the failure of the amicable grant along with other factors, such as Wolsey’s opposition at court that combined to caused Henry to dismiss him from his position as Lord…
I think the most important reason why Henry broke with Rome was because he wanted power. The reason he wanted power was because it would solve all his problems. In a textbook it said, Henry also wanted to control the church. Since medieval times there have been struggles over whether priests should listen to the King or the Pope. Henry wanted to control the church in his own country. Henry knew that if he could control the church, he would be able to use the church’s money as he was bankrupt. Also, if he had power he would be able to divorce Catherine of Aragon, and marry the love of his life, Anne Boleyn. Then Anne Boleyn would be able to give Henry an heir. Once Henry had control of the Church, he persecuted those who opposed him. He even cut off the he head of his close friend, Thomas More, because More wouldn’t accept Henry as head of the Church. This evidence, from a textbook, show that Henry was greedy for power and would kill anyone who got in his way. As you can see, power gave Henry everything he needed and that’s why I think Henry broke with Rome.…
Henry the VIII was the second English Tudor king, after his father, Henry VII. He reigned over England from, 21st April 1509 until, 28th January 1547. During his childhood and his first marriage, Henry was a firm believer of the Catholic Church and of the Pope. However things changed and later in Henrys reign the English reformation came to England; the monasteries were closed and Henry separated himself from the Roman Catholic Church. Henry was definitely starting to look more and more like a protestant. There are many points that we can use to decipher whether or not Henry VIII was really Catholic or Protestant and in this essay these points will be discussed to draw a conclusion.…
The reign of Henry VIII was such an important turning point because of the things he achieved and the laws he managed to change.…