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? starter activity
If you remember my love in your prayers as
strongly as I adore you, I shall hardly be
forgotten, for I am yours. Henry R forever By
daily proof you shall find To be to you both
loving and kind AN
What do these words, written in the margins of a
prayer book as they worshipped together during
morning Mass in around 1527 reveal about Henrys
relationship to Ann?
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Why did Henry ditch Catherine?
? Key words annulment canon law
consanguinity
? Learning objectives

• TBAT identify evaluate reasons for H8s
  annulment from CoA

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There is much controversy over the reasons for
the Kings decision to divorce Catherine and
marry Anne. Read this biography of Anne from the
BBC website decide whether the author thinks
Henry or Anne was to blame or there were other
reasons.
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? Your task

• Read p.83-4 including sources A-C.
• Under the headings Religious reasons for
  annulment note down reasons why Henry wanted a
  divorce
• Note down the problems with his arguments
• ?From Source A, what impression do you gain of
  Henrys relationship to Catherine?

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Religious reasons for annulment

• Henry expected papal approval
• Leviticus supported his claims thou shall not
  uncover the nakedness of thy brothers wifethey
  shall be childless
• Childless could be translated as without sons
• Henry claimed Catherine has consummated marriage
  to Arthur consanguinity issues
• However, Deuteronomy undermined his claims his
  brother shall take her and raise up seed for his
  (dead) brother

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Read Annes letter to Henry dated 1526 (Source D,
p.85) Henry was still married to Catherine. Was
she teasing Henry or trying to put him off? Who
was to blame for fanning the flames of desire?
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? Your task

• Read p.85-6 including the text boxes.
• Under the heading, Other reasons for the
  annulment take notes on the reasons why Henry
  wanted to divorce Catherine.
• ?How valuable are the love letters between Henry
  and Anne as a source of information on the
  motivations for the annulment?

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Other reasons for the annulment

• Infatuation Catherine was 6 years H8s senior
• Concerns over the succession
• Fear of return to chaos of Wars of Roses
• Unwillingness to endorse a female ruler
• Henry had already produced illegitimate male heir
  (Henry Fitzroy)
• Precedents for papal annulments, e.g. Louis XII
  and Anne of Britanny Margaret of Scotland

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? Your task

• Study the sources provided by your teacher from
  The Early Tudors (David Rogerson et al).
• Study them carefully and decide what motives they
  give for the annulment.
• Which sources agree and which disagree?
• ?To what extent was the pope to blame? Look at
  Source 9c for ideas

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? Extension task

• Watch The Last Days of Anne Boleyn (BBC, 2013)
  and write a review explaining the different views
  of Annes personality and motives proposed by the
  different historians including Dr Susannah
  Lipscombe David Starkey

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This house believes Love was the real reason
Henry wanted a divorce
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Why did Henry ditch Catherine?
? Key words annulment canon law
consanguinity
? Learning objectives

• TBAT identify evaluate reasons for H8s
  annulment from CoA