In the past, being a church leader was an occupation that carried with it the prospect of an untimely demise.
The Sisters Who Would Be Queen: Mary, Katherine, and Lady Jane Grey: A Tudor Tragedy.This article reviews the book "The Sisters Who Would Be Queen: Mary, Katherine, and Lady Jane Grey: A Tudor Tragedy," by Leanda de Lisle.Odom
The English King Henry VIII broke from the Roman Catholic Church, which is seated in Vatican City, and founded the Church of England so that he could divorce one of his wives. Henry ended up marrying Catherine of Aragon, after a papal dispensation was acquired. The two were crowned on 21 ...