Marrying
Henry
Henry VIII
Early Life
Born on 28 June 1491
Entered the church
November 1501:
Brother Arthur married
Cahterine of Aragon and
became King
Arthur died 6 months later
1509 Henry VII died and
Henry VIII became king
Henry VIII
Catherine of Aragon, Henry and war
Got dispensation of pope
June 1509 marriage
Miscarriage in Jan. 1510
1.1.1511: Son Henry, but died 52
days later
1512: succeeded at port of Brest
“Mary Rose”
Henry VIII
Catherine of Aragon, Henry and war
Got dispensation of pope
June 1509 marriage
Miscarriage in Jan. 1510
1.1.1511: Son Henry, but died 52
days later
1512: succeeded at port of Brest
“Mary Rose”
1513: battle of Spurs,
battle at Flodden Field
Oct. 1513: Miscarriage
Feb. 1516: Mary
1520: Meeting at the Field of the
Cloth of Gold
Henry VIII
The struggle with Catherine
Henry was in love with Anne Boleyn
Petitioned pope for annulment of the marriage
Debate lasted six years
1529: Henry charged Thomas Wolsey for high
treason
Idea:
authority of the church should belong to the
king
23 May 1533: the marriage to Catherine
declared invalid
1534: Act of Supremacy
Henry VIII
Money problems
Steady war with France
Henry had about 50 royal
palaces
Ran out of money
Dissolved the English
monasteries
Destroyed the tomb of
Thomas Becket
Doubled his income
Henry VIII
Marriage with Anne Boleyn
Space for a new wife
Secretly married in January
1533
Anne was pregnant
Gave birth on 26. August 1533
 daughter Elizabeth
Two miscarriages
Charged for high treason
19. May 1536 beheaded
Henry VIII
Jane Seymour
Henry already knew his new
wife: Jane Seymour
30. May 1536 they got married
Also 1536: Act of Union
1537: Jane became pregnant
15. October 1537: Edward
Jane died 9 days later because
of the consequences of birth
Henry VIII
Short but mortal
Advice of Thomas Cromwell:
Anne of Cleves
Married in January 1540
Divorced 6 moths after the
wedding
Thomas Cromwell beheaded
for high treason
Henry VIII
The 5th wife
Kathryn Howard (19 years
old)
Married 28. July 1540
Henry was fat and dealing
with an ulcerated leg
Turned his attention to
France
Kathryn blamed for adultery
Beheaded on 13. February
1542
Henry VIII
Last wife and death
Katherine Parr
Already widowed twice
Married on 12. July 1543
Linked to the heretical religious
reformers
War against France was not very
successful
Made peace with France in 1546
28. January 1547 Henry died
Henry VIII
Summary
Divorced
Divorced
Beheaded
Beheaded
Died
Survived
The Reformation
in England
The Reformation
The roots of the reformation
1383: John Wycliff translates New
Testament into English
Early 15th century: power struggle
between Pope and Bishops
Literate laity better educated than
many priests
Reformation in Germany
Catholic humanists like More and
Erasmus tried to reform from within
The Reformation
The reformation under Henry VIII
1521: Fidei Defensor
1527: Henry asks Clement VII for a
divorce on Scriptural grounds
March 1533: Thomas Cranmer
becomes Archbishop of Canterbury
1533: Act of Appeals
1534: Act of Supremacy
The Treason Act
1538: dissolution of monasteries
Thomas Cranmer
The Reformation
The reformation under Edward VI
* 1537
King from January 1547 until July
1553
Edward’s uncle, Edward Seymour,
duke of Somerset was one of his
regents
1549: first Prayer Book and first Act
of Uniformmity
October 1549: Somerset arrested
and executed in 1551
1552: second Prayer Book and
second Act of Uniformity
 1553 of tuberculosis
The Reformation
Lady Jane Grey
Supported by Edward VI and his regent
John Dudlley, Duke of Northumberland
Daughter-in-law of Northumberland
Great-granddaughter of Henry VII
Queen of England for 9 days from July 6th
1553 on
February 12th executed for treason
Queen Mary I
*1516
1554: Marriage with Philipp II of
Spain
Ca. 300 protestants executed 
Bloody Mary
1558: loss of Calais
November 1558: Mary I dies
childless
Conclusion
Important era because…
Henry was the last to keep a piece
of France
Act of Union: King of England
became King of Wales
Reformation