The Annulment
- Created by: Himee Senanayake
- Created on: 07-06-18 16:32
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- The Annulment
- Wolsey was a cardinal and a Papal Legate
- had international respect
- believed the Pope would want to help Henry who was his ally
- Charles V
- Was Catherine's nephew
- imprisoned the Pope in 1537
- Pope did not want to upset Charles by granting Henry with an annulment
- Evidence in the Bible
- Wolsey tried to find evidence to support the annulment.
- Leviticus mentions that if a man takes his brother's wife, it is an impurity and they shall be childless
- Tried to have the case in England
- as Papal Legate, the decision would fall to Wolsey
- Bible
- It mentions that if a man's brother dies, he shall have children with his wife.
- this contradicts the Leviticus statement
- It mentions that if a man's brother dies, he shall have children with his wife.
- Catherine and Arthur were never really married?
- People claimed that Catherine and arthur never really got married, which means that the Leviticus statement was untrue
- Pressure on Catherine
- Wolsey told Catherine to renounce her marriage and become a nun because she was a devote Catholic and she could not have more children anyway.
- Cardinal Campeggio
- it was decided that Cardinal Campeggio would hear the case in 1528
- he was given instructions by the Pope not to reach a verdict
- to delay the proceedings and to do everything by the book
- still no decision in July 1529
- Catherine's support
- Catherine had support from John Fisher who was highly respected
- Thomas More who was a close adviser to the king.
- had support from the public and Charles V
- Thomas More who was a close adviser to the king.
- Catherine had support from John Fisher who was highly respected
- Wolsey was a cardinal and a Papal Legate
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