Henry VIII Problems Flashcards
Why does Henry want a son and why is he afraid if he doesn’t have one?
So his son can take over the throne and if he doesn’t have a son someone else could take the throne (he would be forgotten)
After 20 years of being Married to Kathryn of Aragon and having no son, Henry decides to try and divorce Kathryn. Why can’t Kathryn have a son?
She is too old
Henry then sees an attractive lady called Anne Boleyn and wants to marry her instead. At that time what was Anne?
A lady in waiting
What does Henry want the Pope to do?
Divorce Henry and Kathryn
How was Henry thinking of getting the money for his court?
Henry was going to get money from the Church as it was rich
How, who by and where were Catholic Churches being thrown out?
By the Protestant ideas spreading some Princes in Germany were reforming the Catholic Churches
What was hoped to happen to the bible from Protestants side of view?
They hoped that the Bible should be in English, not Latin
Who agreed with the bible language ideas?
Some people in England
Why was Henry worried the St Peter’s Church in Rome?
He was worried because he is getting money taken off him in taxes to help pay and gets nothing in return
