Jim Swike

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Given this, it is not perhaps surprising to find a devout Catholic, as Henry undoubtedly then was, calling the Pope’s authority into question over a matter of canon law. The other factor spurring the King into action in the spring of 1527 was that he was, by a fortuitous coincidence, passionately in love for the first time in his life, and wished to remarry.
The Six Wives of Henry VIII
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