It’s dark days for Tudor England. The mysterious sweating sickness which is almost always fatal to those who catch it, runs rampant. A food shortage adds to the suffering. Henry‘s natural optimism and energy take a beating as the King’s confidence gives way to doubt and delusions. But after darkness comes light. The plague begins to disappear and the King receives news that his mistress, Anne Boleyn, has miraculously survived. Even better, an envoy of Pope Clement is on his way to England to finally convene a court, which will decide on Henry’s request for a divorce.
Sister-in-law to Anne Boleyn and lady-in-waiting to Henry’s subsequent wives, Lady Rochford helped arrange romantic trysts between Queen Katherine Howard and Thomas Culpepper.
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It’s dark days for Tudor England. The mysterious sweating sickness which is almost always fatal to those who catch it, runs rampant. A food shortage adds to the suffering. Henry‘s natural optimism and energy take a beating as the King’s confidence gives way to doubt and delusions. But after darkness comes light. The plague begins to disappear and the King receives news that his mistress, Anne Boleyn, has miraculously survived. Even better, an envoy of Pope Clement is on his way to England to finally convene a court, which will decide on Henry’s request for a divorce.
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Anne Boleyn
Henry broke from the Catholic Church and instated the Church of England just so he could marry his mistress Anne Boleyn.
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Described as ‘a beautiful youth,’ he became Queen Katherine Howard’s lover.
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Appointed Archbishop of Canterbury thanks to ties with the Boleyn family, Thomas Cranmer rose to power from a relatively minor status.
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Sister-in-law to Anne Boleyn and lady-in-waiting to Henry’s subsequent wives, Lady Rochford helped arrange romantic trysts between Queen Katherine Howard and Thomas Culpepper.
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Henry’s fifth and youngest wife was vivacious and impressionable, a first cousin of Anne Boleyn.
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