Catherine Parr

Following the death of his brother Arthur, Henry VIII received special permission to wed his brother’s widow, Catherine of Aragon. But after many failed attempts at conceiving an heir to the throne, King Henry VIII decided he wanted an annulment. The request was denied by the Pope and eventually Henry VIII was excommunicated from the Catholic Church and, subsequently, so were his subjects. After a complicated power struggle with the Catholic Church, which involved political and theological…

born on 18 February 1516 in Greenwich, England, and baptized as a Catholic shortly after her birth. She was Queen of England from July 1553 until her death in 1558. She was the only surviving child of Henry VIII by the first of his six wives, Catherine of Aragon. Her mother was pregnant six times altogether, but she was the only legitimate child of theirs to survive until adulthood. Throughout Mary’s childhood, Henry VIII negotiated several future marriages for her. When she was just two years…

Queens and the journey that led them there would be just as harsh. Catherine of Aragon, daughter of Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain would become Henry the VIII 's first wife on the 11th of June and Queen of England on…

Anne and Catherine (King’s ex-wife) were the only ones who were named Queen during King Henry’s reign. Since Anne was the Queen, Elizabeth was set to have a good life and everything she needed at the time she needed. Elizabeth had a half-sister, Mary I who had a similar story to Elizabeth’s, Mary was the only child who had survived from King Henry’s marriage to Catherine. Elizabeth’s life had started off with the wrong foot, she was set to…

The Council of Trent was meeting of bishops of the Catholic Church held between the ages 1545-1563.The founder of the Council of Trent was Pope Paul III, The council of Trent only lasted eighteen years the first meeting was held in December of 1545. All together seven hundred Bishops could have attended the council at the start but only thirty one showed up along with fifty Theologians (An expert or a person who engages in Theology).Near the final sessions of the Council about two hundred and…

plans a divorce. He was influenced by a passage that he did not have a son as he married his brother’s wife and so then, he was certain to divorce Catherine. A court was met several times to discuss the validity of King Henry’s marriage. However, the court was unable to reach a clear-cut conclusion and referred the case to Rome. Henry questioned Catherine to cooperate and to choose a house to retire to until…

Boleyn in January 25, 1533 which they later found out that their marriage was null. Later in the year Anne Boleyn became pregnant and Henry VIII and everybody else thought that he was going to have a boy. Henry VIII had already had a girl with Catherine of Aragon name Mary I. When Elizabeth I was born she was a big disappointment to her father for one reason only. She was her father’s big disappointment because she was born as girl. Since he had Mary I Henry wanted to continue his family with a…

Over the break, I watched a movie called Inside the Court of Henry Vlll, which explored King Henry’s paranoia and selfish brutality. This was a well researched reenactment of his life, which occurred in the 1500s in England. During his reign, a hint of betrayal resulted in a death sentence, regardless of your status. For that reason, King Henry Vlll is remembered for creating an era of terror. When Henry was crowned, he was full of ideas, and he represented a new future, one filled with…

“I may not be a lion, but I am a lions cub, and I have a lion’s heart”. Queen Elizabeth proved these words by showing that although she was a woman, she could rule just like any man could. And although people disagreed with her way of thinking, she refused to compromise England's happiness for her own. But it was also being she could no longer acquire perfect happiness. Queen Elizabeth’s time of reign is often referred to as “The Golden Age”, or “The Elizabethan Age”. This is due to how much…

Henry VIII is one of the many famous Kings in history and one of the the very few to pass on a legacy. He was born on June 28, 1491 in a city called Greenwich located in England. His father was King of England and did not acknowledge Henry VIII as much compared to his two older siblings. His father had viewed Henry’s older brother, Arthur as the future heir since he showed that he had the credentials to take over the throne, although only after Arthur’s death due to an unknown illness and his…