If the matter (the divorce) were to be decided by women, he (Henry VIII) would lose the battle, for they did not fail to encourage the queen (Catherine of Aragon) at her entrance and departure by their cries, telling her to care for nothing, and other such words. (Source 7)Lodovico...
In 1533 the English monarch Henry VIII decided to divorce his wife of twenty years Catherine of Aragon in pursuit of a male heir to ensure the Tudor line. He was also head over heels in love with his wife's lady in waiting Anne Boleyn, the future mother of Elizabeth I. But getting hi...
The famous rhyme has been memorised by generations of school children learning about Henry VIII. Although only six words long, it is not entirely accurate – Catherine of Aragon and Anne of Cleves did not technically divorce Henry VIII; instead their marriages were annulled. Another v...
The divorce of King Henry VIII from his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, has, over the centuries, produced a positive paper storm of academic books and popular works, examination papers and essays. As a subject it has also inspired a number of films and TV documentaries.Smith,L....
Here’s a look—in order—at the lives and, in several instances, the untimely demise of Henry VIII’s wives along with the impact this real-life melodrama had on England. 1. Catherine of Aragon (1485-1536): Demoted for Bearing No Son Imagno/Getty Images Catherine of Aragon Henry took...
While it is not clear what Catherine of Aragon died of, many rumors that she had been poisoned circulated after her death. It did not help matters that her former husband and his new wife celebrated her death, rather than showing respect or mourning her....
When Henry was eleven, his life was transformed by the death of his elder brother, Arthur. He was now heir to throne. In 1509 Henry's father died, and he succeeded him. Shortly after he came to the throne Henry married his brother's widow, Catherine of Aragon, the daughter of the ki...
名词(= Henry VIII) 亨利八世 英语解释 son of Henry VII and King of England from 1509 to 1547; his divorce from Catherine of Aragon resulted in his break with the Catholic Church in 1534 and his excommunication 1538, leading to the start of the Reformation in England (1491-1547) ...
But by 1527, Henry had a big problem: His first marriage, to Catherine of Aragon, had failed to produce a son and male heir to the throne. Henry had also become infatuated with one of his wife’s ladies-in-waiting,Anne Boleyn, whose sister Mary had previously been his lover. Anne enc...
She came rarely to court after that but she did become Mary Tudor’s godmother in 1516. She did not know that her Plantagenet bloodline would send Fortune’s wheel turning once more when her nephew Henry VIII attempted to divorce his wife Katherine of Aragon. Her son Henry Courtenay would ...