November 15 - The pope threatens Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn

2019-11-14

On this day in Tudor history, 15th November 1532, a rather cross Pope Clement VII threatened King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn with excommunication. Why? Well, because Henry VIII had defied the pope's instructions and previous threats, and gone his own way, setting aside Catherine of Aragon and living with Anne Boleyn. The pope was not impressed with this disobedient king. In today's talk, Claire Ridgway, author of "The Fall of Anne Boleyn: A Countdown", shares excerpts of the pope's letter, along with an explanation o...

On this day in Tudor history, 15th November 1532, a rather cross Pope Clement VII threatened King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn with excommunication.

Why? Well, because Henry VIII had defied the pope's instructions and previous threats, and gone his own way, setting aside Catherine of Aragon and living with Anne Boleyn. The pope was not impressed with this disobedient king.

In today's talk, Claire Ridgway, author of "The Fall of Anne Boleyn: A Countdown", shares excerpts of the pope's letter, along with an explanation of the context and what happened next.

You can see this podcast as a video at the following link:

https://youtu.be/E578mJ6f9Y0

You can see more examples of the pope getting exasperated with Henry in the following videos:

March 7 - The Pope threatens Henry VIII - https://youtu.be/Y-N3cSyx4dA

January 5 - Pope Clement VII and Henry VIII - https://youtu.be/culFjoE6dWw

July 11 - The Pope's had enough of Henry VIII! - https://youtu.be/WepPlD4RW60

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