Assessment of the View that Henry VIII’s Wish for a Male Heir Was the Main Reason for the Break with Rome
Henry VIII’s marriage to Catherine of Aragon’s was claimed void by the
Archbishop of Canterbury. Was it the fact that Henry wanted a male
heir to the thrown that he decided to break from Rome? Or did Henry
decide to break from Rome due to his desire for Anne Boleyn.
Henry married Catherine in 1509, aunt of Charles V of Aragon, Spain.
She bore Henry six children five died (two of which were boys) and one
survived, Mary. Since Catherine had failed to produce a male heir and
therefore this may have led to a succession crisis or possibly a civil
war when he died. There was Mary of course, who was nine years old in
1525, but it was seen as unseemly to have a female heir. (Salic Law)
So looking at this we can see that at this period in time it may have
been worrying for a king to have no son to carry on the throne. But
would this have been a good reason for the break with Rome? At this
early stage it is probably not the main reason. Henry used an idea
from Leviticus, that if a man should marry his dead brother’s wife
(Arthur) then he shall remain childless, even though this was note
entirely true as Henry did have Mary. Also as Henry wished for this
divorce so much (as he had already become infatuated with Anne Boelyn)
it might have been for this reason that he created this new faith and
appointed the new Archbishop of Canterbury (Thomas Cranmer, 1533) so
his divorce could be declared void.
Henry desperately wanted a son to take over once he died. In order to
do this he needed to marry someone else who could bear him more
children. For this he needed to divorce Catherine of Aragon and marry
Anne Boleyn. However, the pope was not allowing the divorce. This must
have infuriated Henry because he desperately wanted a son.
After many failed attempts to obtain a divorce from his first wife Catherine of Aragon, King Henry VIII took momentous steps that led to "The Reformation," a significant occurrence in the history of religion. Prior to the reformation, all of England's inhabitants including King Henry VIII prescribed to Catholicism. In fact, King Henry VIII was such a strong supporter that he was given the title "Defender of the Faith" by the pope for his efforts in protecting Catholicism against the Protestants. However, all these changed upon the pope's denial of Henry's request for a divorce.
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such a process, this was just one of the causes of the break with Rome
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