The Succession And Annulment Flashcards
1
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Reasons for wanting an annulment
A
Produced only a daughter and no son.
Henry had fallen in love with Anne Boleyn and wanted to marry her instead.
2
Q
The popes response
A
Wolsey finally got the Pope to agree to trying the case.
He thought as Papal Legate he could make the decision himself.
However the pope sent Cardinal Campeggio to run the trial and told him to stall a decision so Henry didn’t get his annulment.
3
Q
Catherine of Aragon’s opposition
A
She refused to accept the annulment.
She also would not accept the annulment because it would make her daughter Mary illegitimate.
And if she accepted the annulment she would because a royal mistress.
4
Q
Opponents to the annulment
A
Catherine of Aragon
Charles V
Thomas More
John Fisher
