Wolsey

Question 0

Failure to secure divorce

Answer 0

1. Impossible after the Sack of Rome in 1527 and Landriano in 1529.
2. Unable to use Scripture to gain an annulment because Catherine claimed she hadn’t consummated her marriage.
3. He deliberately delayed on negotiations with the Pope.

Question 1

Assess reasons for the fall of Wolsey in 1529

Answer 1

1. Failure to secure the divorce
2. Factional intrigue
3. Domestic and economic policy failings

Question 2

Factional intrigue

Answer 2

1. Aragonese against him because he tried to secure the divorce.
2. Boleyn against him because he delayed with negotiations and they fought over Henry’s attention.
3. Nobility against him because he had risen to power, he wasn’t born a noble. Also, they detested his judicial policies and pursuit of enclosure.

Question 3

Failure of domestic, foreign and economic policies

Answer 3

1. Failure of Amicable Grant in 1525.
2. Netherlands trade war in 1528.
3. England isolated by 1529 (excluded from Ladies’ Peace)