Why Cromwell has he not simply left divorced Henri VIII of Anne Boleyn instead of accusing her of adultery?
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Divorces were obviously not as easy to get in the Tudor era as they are today and there had to be a very good reason for annulling a marriage. It had taken Henry VIII around 7 years to annul his marriage to Catherine and that was with a pretty good argument, arguing that the Papal Dispensation that he had been given to marry his brother's widow was actually contrary to Biblical law. Even with that argument the Pope had still refused to grant Henry the divorce and Henry had been forced to break with Rome and get his own court to rule on the annulment. There was no way that Henry was going through that again. If he or Cromwell, or both of them, wanted to get rid of Anne then there needed to be a very good reason and she had to go for good. That is why, in my opinion, that Anne was accused of adultery, incest and plotting the King's death, she had to have committed treason and she had to be executed.
I guess I am confused on this matter becuase if Henry broke from the church and divorced Katherine to marry Anne than why would he care what Rome thought about divorcing her. He believed he was Supreme Head of the Church so couldnt he have just granted a divorce and sent her away like he did to Katherine??? I have always thought that he didnt want to deal with what he went through with Katherine with Anne. Having her presence as a constant reminder for his “sins”. And I doubt Anne would have been any less submissive than Katherine. She would have thrown a fit and never would have given up her title as Queem that she worked 7 years to get.
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