Pope Clement’s special envoy arrives in London to oversee the court deciding upon the legitimacy of Henry‘s marriage to Katherine of Aragon. The findings of this trial will have far-reaching consequences: the future of the King’s amorous relationship with Anne Boleyn, Cardinal Wolsey‘scareer and influence, and England’s relationship with Rome all hang in the balance.
Katherine left strong impressions on people—so much so that even her enemy, Thomas Cromwell, said ‘If not for her sex, she could have defied all the heroes of History.’
Henry’s eldest daughter grew up disowned by her father and separated from her mother, Katherine of Aragon and eventually earned the epithet ‘Bloody Mary.’
The ambitious politician Otto Truchsess von Waldburg was an imperial councilor who, as a Cardinal of the Catholic Church, strongly opposed the Protestant Reformation.
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Pope Clement’s special envoy arrives in London to oversee the court deciding upon the legitimacy of Henry‘s marriage to Katherine of Aragon. The findings of this trial will have far-reaching consequences: the future of the King’s amorous relationship with Anne Boleyn, Cardinal Wolsey‘scareer and influence, and England’s relationship with Rome all hang in the balance.
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Queen Katherine of Aragon
Katherine left strong impressions on people—so much so that even her enemy, Thomas Cromwell, said ‘If not for her sex, she could have defied all the heroes of History.’
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A statesman and sympathizer to the rebel uprising, Darcy joined Robert Aske and the ‘Pilgrims of Grace.’
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He was England’s most infamous royal bad boy; Henry was a voluptuary, consuming food and women as voraciously as he disposed of those who crossed him.
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Henry’s eldest daughter grew up disowned by her father and separated from her mother, Katherine of Aragon and eventually earned the epithet ‘Bloody Mary.’
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The ambitious politician Otto Truchsess von Waldburg was an imperial councilor who, as a Cardinal of the Catholic Church, strongly opposed the Protestant Reformation.
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