One of the reasons why Henry broke from the Roman Church was because he needed money. The break from Rome also meant that the taxes that had previously been paid to the Church in Rome would go to Henry instead and, after the break, he sacked the Catholic monasteries of their gold and removed the Church's land making him even richer, If he took over the church all of its treasury would be his. The monasteries were very rich and owned about a quarter of the land in the country, so he closed down the monasteries, took their money and sold all of the land. It was not about a divorce, an unlikely idea, but about an annulment (an invalid marriage). Henry, a Catholic King, wanted an annulment from his wife and in those days they would have to approach the Bishop of Rome and his Court and attain one from that source at a very great cost. This Henry did, paying out his money to the Roman Court. Henry had spent all his late fathers (King Henry VII) money on expensive wars with France; he could not afford his big parties he was famous for. Henry needed the money for power so that he could then build a stronger army and fight more wars. This would then show that he was a powerful king. Money is not the most important reason but it is an important reason.…
Since Henry VIIs reign started on the 22nd August 1485 he adapted many different techniques and ideas so keep his nobility from gaining too much power. Some of these ideas became successful however some didn’t achieve the goal and some even made it worse leaving the nobility with more power. He followed through with new ideas until his death and therefore the end of his reign on the 21st April 1509.…
I believe that Henry VIII was ultimately unsuccessful in his aims from 1509-1514. He had three mains aims during this time and these were to secure the dynasty that Henry VII had created, assert his authority over his new kingdom and Foreign Policy, which Henry was planning to completely change. Various factors and traits contributed to this lack of success, which will be explored in this essay.…
Henry VIII broke from the Catholic Church in Rome in 1534 for a number of reasons. These included love, money, power and religion.…
Henry got his lawyers to secretly look into whether his marriage to Catherine was legal or not. The marriage was found to be legal – but Henry still wanted a divorce. The only chance Henry had was to ask the Pope. He was the only man in the world who could give him the divorce he wanted so badly.…
The successes of Henry VIII can be seen in his ability to keep and gain power and the force of his military efforts.To determine if Henry’s rule was a success, we must define what success means in the context of a ruler. This argument identifies the goals set forth by Henry, and his ability to achieve these goals. It’s also worthwhile to note the state and legacy that his rule left upon England. The reasons we can call Henry VIII’s reign a success will be laid out in his personal, political, religious and military accomplishments while on the throne. Henry’s reign can be defined by his ability to indulge in his desires. Whether that was to take and hold power, spend money on luxuries and war, or to consume more food in his later years. He had a number of personal desires beyond living a life of luxury, namely to have an male heir to the throne. Despite troubling history of marriage, he was successful in not only producing one heir, but three: Edward VI, Mary I, and Elizabeth I.Henry was successful in using fear to make those seeking to undermine think…
However during the reign of Henry VIII the power of the church and subsequently their influence decreased as a result of the split with Rome and Henry making himself head of the Church of England. Furthermore the instability of England’s religious policy throughout the reigns of Edward to Elizabeth also meant that the church had less power and influence of the political stability. It could be argued that the Church throughout the later years of the Tudor reign was the cause of political…
Henry VII took the throne after a battle against the former king Richard III whose forces outnumbered Henrys by two to one. Henry VII had a couple of big problems, one of them was that there were people that had a stronger claim to the throne than he did, his only claim was that god let him win the battle, therefore the nobility didn’t respect him at the beginning of his reign. Another of the problems he faced was the fact that he feared a lot about his security and about his son, and in order to keep his family and himself safe, he signed treaties with other countries so they didn’t attack each other because Henry, not being a conventional king, preferred peace than war.…
Henry VIII wanted a divorce from his wife, but the Catholic Church wouldn't allow that. He broke away from the church and founded the Anglican Church.…
During and throughout the reign of Henry Tudor there were numerous changes that took place in regards of religion itself and as a result of this, religious divisions (which still resonate today) inevitably took hold in England. Initially and arguably so Henry was staunchly Catholic from the get go and on the outside certainly portrayed this in the beginning of his reign, however he also repeatedly made decisions which more than hinted at a lean towards Protestantism. At a time when radical religious ideas were spreading, England was displaying an eager aura for change but the changes that followed were not in fact the result of Henrys shifting beliefs. More so, they were a result of his seemingly growing obsession…
The power of the Nobility was the most important cause of unrest in the period of 1450 to 1470. ‘How far…
It is important however to remember that the pope had never had much direct political power in England. He had no army and no proper tax base therefore he could not invade except through an alliance with secular allies. Indeed he blocked Henry 's dispensation to divorce Catherine of Aragon, but a king who was less worried about his soul and his wife’s nephew, the emperor, invading would probably just have ignored his commands. The king had also always had lots of power over the church. Political partnerships between kings, their bishops and abbots had always been a feature of the church, and this war true throughout the period 1485-1529. Henry VII enjoyed a very close relationship with the church through Cardinal John Morton, who was not only Archbishop of Canterbury but enjoyed secular power too as Lord Chancellor. Bishop Richard Foxe was also important to Henry Tudor and these senior figures of the clergy helped Henry develop his tax policies, while at the same time, Benefit of Clergy and other privileges of the church were untouched by the king. This close relationship between church and crown continued for the first twenty years of Henry CIII’s reign, as demonstrated by his long reliance and trust for Cardinal…
Catherine, understandably, was opposed to be divorced from Henry and tried her upmost to prevent the marriage being ended. Henry believed it would be easy to get a divorce from his wife due to Wolsey’s contacts, as papal legate and cardinal. However when it became clear that Wolsey’s efforts weren’t materializing, growing pressure began to remove Wolsey from his position. Wolsey went to desperate measures to resolve the problem, even attempting to put Catherine in a nunnery. However when all of these attempts failed, it was a combination of this, the failure of the amicable grant along with other factors, such as Wolsey’s opposition at court that combined to caused Henry to dismiss him from his position as Lord…
This rebirth came after being embarrassed and humiliated by his marriages to Cleves and Howard. It is also important to recognise as Richardson does, that the reason the peace after 1545 is so uneasy is because of Henry’s achievements in war. No longer was there a balance in honour, therefore Francis was stuck in a peace he wanted to resolve - hence the continued sour relations that weren’t seen after the Field of the Cloth of Gold, which was otherwise similar in circumstances. The reason Henry VIII acted in such a reserved, and what has been interpreted as fearful way in 1539, was because of extent of the threat - the potential for a Catholic Crusade from a Habsburg-Valois alliance had a significant potential, in the wake of the Papal Bull of Excommunication against Henry VIII. Had the Treaty of Toledo been followed through it would have presented an existential crisis to the throne. However other explanations for his alliance seeking have been uncovered by McEntegart. He argues that, whilst security still remained a top priority, the king also had theological reasons for discussing with the Schmalkaldic League, exemplified by his considerations, at least on aspects of the Augsburg confession, in order to assist in creating uniformity in the Church. Furthermore he reveals the great plays of Cromwell’s faction in this period against the conservatives in order to further his heretical cause. This in turn led to Henry more closely seeking relations with the Schmalkalden as well as withdrawing from mainstream European politics. Security was secondary to honour, partially due to honour producing a security in its own right, at least in the eyes of Henry, but crucially due to the great focus that was still placed on the role of a chivalric and Godly…
Thus, the context for this work stems from a conflict based around England’s history following the reformation of the Catholic…