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Challenges Faced by Henry VIII in Securing an Annulment: Key Figures and Their Roles

This activity guides students through the complexities surrounding Henry VIII's struggle for an annulment. Participants will explore pivotal figures such as Catherine of Aragon, Charles V, Pope Clement VII, Cardinal Wolsey, John Fisher, and Cardinal Campeggio. By reading specified pages, students will identify the obstacles each figure presented and understand how their actions thwarted Henry's ambitions. The session includes questions designed to deepen insights into the political and religious tensions of the era. Encourage further inquiry by crafting additional questions for classmates.

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Challenges Faced by Henry VIII in Securing an Annulment: Key Figures and Their Roles

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  1. starter activity Catherine of Aragon G R Elton Charles V John Fisher Cardinal Campeggio Thomas More Cardinal Wolsey Clement VII A member of your team will read out a question. The answer will be one of the names above. First read p.87-90 and then try to answer the questions. The person who scores the most correct answers at each table, win. Try to think of additional questions for the class.

  2.  Key words: praemunire adjourn Christendom Who put the spanner in the works?  Learning objectives TBAT identify and explain reasons why Henry struggled to achieve an annulment

  3.  Your task • Read p.87-9 including text boxes and take notes on ways the following made divorce harder for Henry • Charles V; Pope Clement VII; Cardinal Wolsey; John Fisher; Cardinal Campeggio; Catherine • Who did most to ‘put the spanner in the works’? • Try to explain how Thomas More and Henry himself complicated matters? Read p.89-90 to help you answer this

  4. Spanners in the works Charles V: Catherine’s uncle; held military influence over pope & held him captive during Sack of Rome (1527); Tr of Cambrai (1529) confirmed ascendancy Pope Clement VII: at mercy of CV after Sack of R Cardinal Wolsey: careerist & keen to please; French disagreed with ‘captopapo’ council Pope (according to Pollard) Catherine: powerful sympathisers in court John Fisher: opposed to Royal Supremacy Cardinal Campeggio: told not rule in H8’s favour; adjourned case for ‘long, hot Italian summer’

  5.  Key words: praemunire adjourn Who put the spanner in the works?  Learning objectives TBAT identify and explain reasons why Henry struggled to achieve an annulment

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