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    Introduction Traveling is one of the ways of discovering new countries. Millions of people all over the world spend their holidays traveling. They travel to see other continents‚ modern cities and the ruins of ancient towns‚ they travel to enjoy picturesque places‚ or just for a change of scene. Its always interesting to discover new things‚ different ways of life‚ to meet different people‚ to try different food‚ to listen to different musical rhythms. Those who live in the country like to go

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    Henry VIII 1491-1547 More images  Henry VIII of England King of EnglandHenry VIII was King of England from 21 April 1509 until his death. He was Lord‚ and later assumed the Kingship‚ of Ireland‚ and continued the nominal claim by the English monarchs to the Kingdom of France. Wikipedia   Born: June 28‚ 1491‚ Palace of Placentia‚ Greenwich‚ United Kingdom  Died: January 28‚ 1547‚ Palace of Whitehall‚ London‚ United Kingdom  Spouse: Catherine Parr (m. 1543–1547)‚more  Children: Elizabeth

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    Henry VIII (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) was king of England from 21 April 1509 until his death. He was lord‚ and later king‚ of Ireland‚ as well as continuing the nominal claim by the English monarchs to the Kingdom of France. Henry was the second monarch of the Tudor dynasty‚ succeeding his father‚ Henry VII. Besides his six marriages‚ Henry VIII is known for his role in the separation of the Church of England from the Roman Catholic Church. Henry ’s struggles with Rome led to the separation

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    Catholicism under Henry VIII 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

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    why King Henry VIII created the Church of England. In 1532 he broke with papal authority and announced himself head of the church in England‚ in 1533 the Church of England was created and in 1535 monasteries were closed. There are many arguments to do with economics‚ power‚ popularity‚ religion and finally succession and his personal life. Henry did not believe that any woman would be fit to rule the land. Henry’s first wife was Catherine of Aragon and she was his brother’s widow. Henry and Catherine

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    April 2011 Europe & the West: Modern Europe Henry VIII & Catherine of Aragon King Henry VIII of England is most famous for his six wives and desperate attempt to have a son in order to provide an heir to the throne. He spent 38 years of his life jumping from one wife to the next until his death in 1547. Perhaps none of this would have happened if his first wife Catherine was able to successfully give birth to a healthy son in the first place. In my opinion‚ their relationship is the most

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    Cecilia Mishkevich Mrs. Leahy AP Euro Block F 27 October 2014 Henry VIII DBQ Wanting an annulment from Catherine the Great‚ Henry VIII created the Anglican Church through the Act of Supremacy in 1534. This marked the beginning of the Protestant Reformation in England‚ and Thomas Cromwell‚ Henry VIII’s head of the King’s Council‚ instigated a series of governmental policies including new taxes‚ growth of royal power in the north of England‚ closure of monasteries‚ and elimination of Catholic church

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    King Henry VIII Henry VIII (born 1491‚ ruled 1509-1547). The second son of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York was one of England’s strongest and least popular monarchs. He was born at Greenwich on June 28‚ 1491. The first English ruler to be educated under the influence of the Renaissance‚ he was a gifted scholar‚ linguist‚ composer‚ and musician. As a youth he was gay and handsome‚ skilled in all manner of athletic games‚ but in later life he became coarse and fat. When his elder brother‚ Arthur

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    Reformation started in the reign of Henry VIII and had far reaching consequences in Tudor England. “The Reformer is always right about what’s wrong. However‚ he’s often wrong about what’s right” (G.K Chester). Henry VIII didn’t start a new religion for his people‚ he created a new religion that benefited him at the time and others later. Henry the VIII was born on the 28th of June 1491 at Greenwich Paris and after the death of his elder brother Arthur in 1501 Henry became the heir to the throne at

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    however when making decisions on important cases Henry was always to have the final decision showing that he still had significant power. This is also reinstated in Source 5‚ where it says that Henry VIII passed over some control over to Wolsey but did not wholly surrender his power in government‚ as ‘the ultimate source of all power was the king’. It also states that Wolsey ‘held a dominant position’ which we know as he was appointed Lord Chancellor by Henry and also became ‘legate a latere’ in 1518.

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