Henry wanted to have a son even though he already had a daughter, Mary, from his wife Catherine. However, he wanted a son to inherit the throne because he knew that no woman had ever successfully claimed the English throne. He des

perately wanted to divorce is 42 year old wife, Catherine, because he believed that she would no longer have children and be able to give him a son. He wanted to divorce her and marry someone younger who could produce a son. Henry asked the Pope to annul his marriage but the Pope refused because Church law forbade divorce. Henry then sought to take matters into his hands.

Henry decided to solve the problem by himself. He called Parliament into session and asked it to pass laws that would end the Pope's power in England. The Parliament session during this time (1529 to 1534) came to be known as the Reformation Parliament. In 1533, Henry secretly married Anne Boleyn, who was in her early twenties. Parliament legalized the divorce from Catherine. These events lead to th

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