King Henry VIII

Henry VIII Broke With Rome for a Son

Henry VIII wanted his marriage to Catherine of Aragon annulled after she failed to produce a surviving son. When the Pope would not grant it, Henry broke from the Roman Church.

Henry VIII and the English Reformation

Portrait of the Royal Tudors. At left, Henry VII, with Prince Arthur behind him, then Prince Henry (later Henry VIII), and Prince Edmund, who did not survive early childhood. To the right is Elizabeth of York, with Princess Margaret, then Princess Elizabeth who didn't survive childhood, Princess Mary, and Princess Katherine, who died shortly after her birth.

A New Church, Same Crown

The English Reformation put the king, not the Pope, at the head of the Church in England. Many who resisted the king's religious policy were executed.

Henry VIII and the English Reformation

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