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Henry VIII's Break with Rome
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Length:
30 minutes
Released:
Aug 26, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
King Henry VIII was deeply religious and started out as a staunch supporter of the Pope and the Roman Catholic church. But everything changed when Henry's need to produce a male successor led to his wanting to divorce Catherine of Aragon and marry Anne Boleyn. In this first of an occasional series of Explainer podcasts, Professor Suzannah Lipscomb offers everything you ever wanted to know about one of the most famous and far-reaching episodes in British history. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
Released:
Aug 26, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
John Heywood: The Tudor Satirist who Kept his Head: The satirical playwright, musician and courtier John Heywood lived through, and managed to survive, the politically and religiously turbulent reigns of Henry VIII and his three successors. Suzannah Lipscomb finds out how with Professor Greg Walker. by Not Just the Tudors