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Henry VIII

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Henry VIII.png The Embarkation of Henry VIII. from Dover, 1520ThumbnailsFrom the wreck of the 'Mary Rose'The Embarkation of Henry VIII. from Dover, 1520ThumbnailsFrom the wreck of the 'Mary Rose'The Embarkation of Henry VIII. from Dover, 1520ThumbnailsFrom the wreck of the 'Mary Rose'The Embarkation of Henry VIII. from Dover, 1520ThumbnailsFrom the wreck of the 'Mary Rose'

Henry VIII of England, who had begun his career with a book written against heresy, and who had been rewarded by the Pope with the title of “Defender of the Faith,” being anxious to divorce his first wife in favour of an animated young lady named Anne Boleyn,and wishing also to turn against the Emperor in favour of Francis I and to loot the vast wealth of the church in England, joined the company of Protestant princes in 1530. Sweden, Denmark, and Norway had already gone over to the Protestant side.