On this day in Tudor history, 17th December 1538, Pope Paul III announced the excommunication of King Henry VIII.
Henry VIII had been threatened with excommunication several times, but his desecration of one of the holiest shrines in Europe was the final straw for the pope.
Find out how Henry VIII, who had once been "Defender of the Faith", had upset the Pope and what had been the final straw for the papacy in today's talk from Claire Ridgway, author of "On This Day in Tudor History".
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