Breaking the Churches of England

King henry the eighth of england decided to divorce his wife because she had failed to bear him a son. Thomas cromwell convinced the king that by severing ties with rome and making himself the head of a newly formed english church, he could divorce catherine and marry anne boleyn. By 15 34, cromwell had been named the king's secretary, and as the power behind the throne, he had become the most powerful man in england. He envisioned a new protestant order in england, with the power of the catholic church smashed and its vast wealth in the hands of the king and the government. Virtually overnight, england was converted