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    King Henry VIII Assessment Catherine of Aragon was the first wife of King Henry VIII. She was from Alcalá de Henares‚ Spain. She was finally crowned Queen of England in a joint coronation ceremony with her husband Henry VIII on June 24‚ 1509. Henry began to grow frustrated by the lack of a male heir‚ slowly growing away from Catherine because he had fallen in love with another woman. They had disagreements of annulment‚ and Catherine was denounced as Queen and hid away in several dark and unhealthy

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    queen but‚ it also made her less desirable and mean. Mary was the only surviving child of King Henry VIII of England and his first wife‚ Catherine of Aragon. After several miscarriages‚ three stillborn children‚ two who had died in their infancy‚ Mary’s mother Catherine had painful experiences when it came to pregnancies. Henry came to the realization that Catherine would not be able to supply him with a son‚ therefore wanted to leave her. Henry Petitioned hat his marriage violated the biblical injunction

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    sometime soon after he was separated from his spouse on the basis of adultery. He then accompanied Sir John Russell‚ the 1st Earl of the Bedford to the Rome to assist petition Pope Clement VII to call off the wedding of Henry VIII to his former wife‚ Catherine of

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    driven by their father and uncle to advance the family’s power and status. They are expected to divert the King of England who‚ immediately goes for the younger daughter‚ Mary. She gives birth to a son‚ which pleases the King‚ as the Queen‚ Catherine of Aragon fails to provide a male heir to the English throne. Anne’s aim though is‚ to become the Queen of England and she won’t give up. What starts as a bid ends in a ruthless rivalry between the two sisters. Both of them fight for the King’s love and

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    Seasons‚” the key problem between King Henry VIII and Sir Thomas More arises when King Henry decides he wants to divorce his barren wife‚ Catherine of Aragon‚ to marry Anne Boleyn. King Henry sees More’s approval on the matter both publicly and privately as a matter of utmost importance. More’s disapproval is quite obvious. “That you should put away Queen Catherine‚ Sire? Oh‚ alas as I think of it I see so clearly that I cannot remain with Your Grace that my endeavor is not to think of it at all.” (Bolt

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    rule in the context of the numerous limitations and tragedies she endured. Mary I was a queen better pitied‚ than scorned. Mary was born February 18‚ 1516 in London. She was the only surviving child of King Henry VIII and his first wife‚ Catherine of Aragon. She was baptized a Catholic in the Greenwich Church three days after she was born. As a child‚ Mary was often sick. She had eye diseases‚ and suffered from headaches1. Even though Mary had ill health‚ she was an intelligent child with a strong

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    England for 36 years. King Henry was born on June 1491 Greenwich‚ United Kingdom. After the death of his elder brother Arthur in 1502‚ Henry became heir to the English throne. Henry was crowned at the age of 17 as king of England. Henry married Catherine of Aragon six weeks after becoming King. Henry had six siblings. His mother was Elizabeth of York and his father was Henry VI of England‚ Henry was the third child of the family. Henry was a well educated king.King Henry had many accomplishments in his

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    the church. She believed that Henry should make decisions and not have to bow down to Rome. One of the main reasons Henry Was going to divorce Catherine of Aragon for Anne Boleyn was because he believed she was able to give him a son. Which he needed to become heir as he only had illegitimate sons or a daughter. She was much younger than Catherine and more was more likely to have children. Anne did in fact become pregnant in December 1532 when Henry took her to France. Which helped to speed up

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    (b) Study sources 1‚ 2 and 3 and use your knowledge. How far would you agree with the view that Henry VIII’s and Wolsey’s foreign policy was an expensive failure? Source 3 supports the idea that Henry VIII’s foreign policy was actually quite successful; ‘Henry and Wolsey had good reason to think that they had been very successful’. Wolsey had gained immense status after the Treaty of London‚ when he became legatus a latere. Henry had successfully pulled off the field of cloth of gold (source

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    and therefore not deserving to be remembered by this 
title. 
Mary had had a hard life before even taking the throne and as a 
child had seen her parent’s marriage fall apart and also named a bastard. She had been separated from her mother‚ Catherine of Aragon‚ and 
kept away from the Royal Court by the jealous actions of the 
Queen Anne Boleyn. Mary had also seen her mother’s religion 
and the religion of the whole country changed by her father‚ Henry the 8th and 
his advisers. All these situations

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