Assessed Essay

During the years of 1533 and 1534, King Henry VIII broke away from the atho!i" hur"h for a !ot of reasons# He "reated his own re!igion "a!!ed the hur"h of Eng!and# $hat he "a!!ed his re!igion suggests that he wanted Eng!and to be fu!!y inde%endent# He started his re!igion by a series of A"ts of &ar!iament, meaning that he made sure that his re!igion was !ega! and %o!iti"a!!y "orre"t# In his new hur"h he set u% !aws so that di'or"e "ou!d take %!a"e without the &o%e !ement ( th)s %ermission# After this, he disso!'ed the sma!! monasteries# In 153*, he "!osed down the other monasteries and had the +ib!e %ub!ished in Eng!ish# In 15,( he "ame u%on a di!emma# +eing king, he had to ha'e a ma!e heir to "ontinue the -udor dynasty# Howe'er, .ueen atherine of Aragon /e'en after 1( %regnan"ies0 didn)t %rodu"e a ma!e heir, on!y a daughter "a!!ed 1ary# At this %oint she had grown too o!d and had !ost her %rettiness that she had in her youth but instead grown fat# Anne +o!eyn had "ome to "ourt and Henry be"ame attra"ted to her# Howe'er, Anne /who was a young, e!egant !ady0 refused to be his mistress and wanted, instead, to be his wife# Henry wanted this too2 he wou!d get a ma!e heir and a young 3ueen# He asked the &o%e for a di'or"e but he said no be"ause har!es 5 th 4%ain / atherine)s ne%hew0 didn)t want this and the &o%e was %ra"ti"a!!y his %risoner# -his is one of the main reasons why he "reated his own hur"h as this wou!d get around the %rob!em su""essfu!!y# Another way of getting Anne +o!eyn and himse!f married wou!d be an 5a""identa! death) for atherine of Aragon# Howe'er, Henry "ou!d be sus%e"ted and the reason why he wants a new wife is "!ear to e'eryone# -his "ou!d resu!t with there being a rebe!!ion and Henry wou!d be"ome un%o%u!ar# -here is a "ontro'ersy between historians on why he set u% his own "hur"h# Ea"h reason "an go under a "ategory on what a king "ou!d be thinking#