Episode 149: Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
The History of English Podcast
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Why Didn't Henry Just Get a Divorce From Catherine?
iReporter: Why didn't Henry VIII just get a divorce from catherine? Well that was precisely the problem. henry loved his son, but there was no way that son could inherit the throne since he was illegitimate. To get an annulment, henry had to show that the marriage violated the scriptures or specific rule of the church. But as is often the case with the law, there was a contrary argument. They had a daughter, mary.
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