Wolsey

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Created on: 15-05-13 20:00

How long was Wolsey in Henry's service?

15 years

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Why did Henry lose faith in Wolsey? (Government)

The Government was unpopular from 1527-1529 after Englands alliance with France from 1527. Wolsey did this to break Hasburg conterol over Italy and to persuade the emperor into negotiations in the great matter. it disrupted trade

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Why did Henry lose faith in Wolsey? (Divorce)

Failure in the Divorce crisis. Henry believed that Wolsey would be able to excercise his extensive legatine powers to attain an annulment of Henrys marriage.

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When did Henry want the divorce from Catherine?

1526

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Why did Wolsey argue?

That the allowance of the marriage was issued on the grounds of consummation however Catherine was adamant that she was a virgin before she married Henry.

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What did Henry want to seek a divorce based on?

The verses in Leviticus in the Old Testament that prohibited marriage to ones dead brother's wife. Wolsey was in the end constrained by Henry's insistence on the Levitical Argument.

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When was Cardinal Campeggio sent to Britain?

Summer of 1528

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What happened in October 1528?

Spanish had discovered a brief by Julius II from 1503 that they were not allowed to give up.

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When was Wolsey Arrested, when did he die?

November 1530, 24th November 1530

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