How well have you remembered and understood Henry VIII's Great Matter, divorce crisis, and the break with Rome? Test your knowledge!
December 1525
March 1528
May 1527
July 1529
Because the Pope did not understand why Henry did not just take Anne Boleyn as a mistress
Because the Pope was imprisoned by Katherine of Aragon's nephew
Because royal marriages could not be annulled
Because the grounds for the annulment were disputed
That the papal dispensation allowing him to marry his brother's widow was in error
That Katherine was too old to bear him more children
That he wanted to marry Anne Boleyn
That he and Katherine were childless, which meant they were being punished by God
True
False
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The National Portrait Gallery image
The Hever Castle image
The British Library image
The Mountgarret image
The Windsor Castle image
The Buccleuch image
Henry VIII's elder brother, Arthur, had not been the rightful heir
Henry's marriage to Katherine of Aragon was unlawful and Henry exercised spiritual jurisdiction in his realm
Henry VIII was supreme and imperial head and this gave him rights to create an overseas empire
Henry and Katherine were childless because they did not wash
True
False
That Rome's appeals for unity must be restrained
That Katherine of Aragon must enter a convent
That England was an empire, and therefore Rome had no spiritual jurisdiction in the English realm
That the marriage of Katherine of Aragon and Henry VIII was null and void
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