targaryenking:♕ the reign of the tudors ♦ henry viii’s reformation of the english church; anne bole
targaryenking:♕ the reign of the tudors ♦ henry viii’s reformation of the english church; anne boleynHaving a male heir was of vital importance.As only the second reigning Tudor, Henrywas sensitive about that issue.Catherine was not able to produce a son and Henry was very unhappy about it.A divorce (an annulment, really) granted bythe papacy was not an unreasonable expectationsince precedents existed. But there were also complications:Pope Clement VII’s hesitation, generatedby diplomatic and military pressure fromHoly Roman Emperor Charles V, who wasCatherine of Aragon’s nephew, and Henry’s growingdesire for the new love of his life, Anne Boleyn.By 1527, another plot lime was added to thestory ofwhat is known as the King’s Great Matter:conscience. Henry became convinced that his marriageto Catherine had been a great sin; the curseof Leviticus was real indeed. Henry believed that since Catherince was previously the wife of his elder brother,thefore their marriage was not real.When Henry asked the Catholic church in Rome for the annulment of his marriage with Catherine,the Pope rejected the issue.This made Henry go mad.This is why Henry made the reformation of the English church.The Pope was not popular in England because he did not agree with Henry’s divorce.Also the English clergy was rich and corrupt.At first the king did not agree with the Reformation,but then he needed to separate from the Church because he needed to preserve the dynasty.So,after negotiations were not successful,the English Church was separated from Rome and in 1534 the king became the head of the Church of England.As his marriage with Catherine was declared void,Henry married Anne on 25th january 1533 (after the secret wedding they had in 1532) and she was coronated The Queen on 1st june 1533.Catherine was legally and physically cast aside from the royal court and she went to live in The More castle in winter 1531/32 (from 1535 untill her death she lived in Kimbolton Castle).On the 7th september 1533,Anne gave birth to a daughter-Princess Elizabeth (future Elizabeth I).When Henry offered Catherine and her daughter Mary (who was proclaimed illegitimate and who was separeted from her mother for the most of her life) better chambers to live if they only accepted Anne as the rightful Queen of England,they both refused. -- source link