Episode 220: Supremacy

Written By Adam Walsh
 

Last time, King Henry VIII took England right up to the brink of separation from Rome in order to divorce Queen Catherine and marry Anne Boleyn. In today's episode, pressed by his advisors, Thomas Cromwell and Thomas Cranmer, Henry formally declares himself the head of the Church of England and marries his mistress.

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