Why did Henry want a divorce Flashcards
1
Q
wanted an heir
A
- Catherine over 40 and hadn’t slept with her since 1524
- legitimised Henry Fitzroy, sent to run council in the north to gain experience
2
Q
marriage against God’s will
A
Book of Leviticus- “if a man should take his brothers wife, it is an unclean thing (…) they shall be without children”
3
Q
Anne Boleyn
A
Campeggio “he sees nothing and thinks nothing but Anne”
A. P. Gwyn: Henry never made in public that he had fallen in love with Anne”
4
Q
Henry’s main driving force for an annulment
A
as suggested by Virginia Murphy is that he was utterly convinced that his marriage to Catherine was against God’s will
