failure to get an annulment

Question 1

Scriptual- attempt 1

Answer 1

-focused on validity of the Papal dispensation and relied on Catherine’s word

Question 2

Diplomatic- attempt 2

Answer 2

against Charles V- unlikely to support a divorce and was in control of Italy

This policy failed as Charles couldn’t be convinced

Question 3

Legal affairs- attempt 3

Answer 3

wanted to have the case heard in England- as Papal Legate he could make the decisions

Cardinal Campeggio was sent to delayed proceedings - the failure of the court at Blackfriars helped end Wolsey

Question 4

Sack of Rome

Answer 4

Henry chose the wrong ally against Charles - pope couldn’t offend Charles as Catherine was his aunt

Question 5

weakness of leviticus argument

Answer 5

it refers to a living wife, rather than a widow

he had a living child- Mary

Deuteronomy- said a man could marry his brothers wife and have sons

Question 6

opposition from Catherine

Answer 6

refused to acknowledge the court

refused to go into a nunnery

Catherine produced an unexpected copy of the dispensation from Spain which added to the complication

Question 7

Anne

Answer 7

Eric Ives, Anne’s biographer, suggests that it was not until 1527 that Wolsey realised the extent of Henry’s attachment to Anne

This suggests that Anne wasn’t the original motivation as she became increasingly important