Henry Essay

Henry Essay

1. Power

   • He thought he could do anything
     • He inhereted the Tudor name
   • He was head of the church of England
   • He treated most of his country fairly

2. Love

   • Henry had 6 wifes
     • Catherine Aragon
       • 1.
         • 1509-1533
           • Divorce
     • Anne Boleyn
       • 2.
         • 1533-1536
           • Beheaded
     • Catherine Parr
       • 6.
         • 1543-1547
           • Survived
     • Jane Seymour
       • 3.
         • 1536-1537
           • Died
     • Anne of Cleeves
       • 4.
         • 1540 Jan- July
           • Divorce
     • Catherine Howard
       • 5.
         • 1540-1542
           • Exucuted

3. Religion

   • Henry Kept his religion to catholic
     • There was only one christian church and that was the roman catholic church
   • Henry was a catholic but wanted a divorce and was refused by the pope, so he founded the church of england
     • He owned most of the churches in England
       • Conflict throughout the rest of Henrys reign between P's and RC's, henry had to balance the two.
   • Problems of the catholic church- Martin Luther. People believed that god had punished Henry for giving him no son

4. Money

   • Henrys main problem was that he was a spender
     • He would spend his money on partys and feasts
       • Spent alot of his money by being king
     • He inhereted a hugely wealthy country.
       • didn't worry to much. Appointed ministers, to run his accounts.