Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Henry VIII and One wife

This year, being the 500th anniversary of Henry VIII accession to the throne, there seems to be more and more interesting and thought provoking articles out there. Most recently, what if...

Henry VIII went through 6 wives and two religions, but what would have happened if he never divorced Catherine of Aragon and instead stayed with the Catholic church? Does he still go through the reform and break away from the Church or stay a loyal subject to the Pope? It's an interesting debate, one that was started in the link below.

What do you think would have happened? Mary would have been Queen and not Edward and we know where should stood on the Catholic religion...


http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/the-big-question-what-would-have-happened-if-henry-viii-had-obtained-his-divorce-1717976.html

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