On This Day In History . 5 January 1531 . The Pope wrote to king Henry VIII forbidding him to remarry . . ◼ Pope Clement VII wrote to Henry VIII forbidding him to remarry, & threatening him with excommunication if he took matters into his own hands & disobeyed Rome:- . “At the request of the Queen, forbids Henry to remarry until the decision of the case, & declares that if he does all issue will be illegitimate. Forbids any one in England, of ecclesiastical or secular dignity, universities, parliaments, courts of law, &c., to make any decision in an affair the judgment of which is reserved for the Holy See. . The whole under pain of excommunication. As Henry would not receive a former citation, this is to be affixed to the church gates of Bruges, Tournay, & other towns in the Low Countries, which will be sufficient promulgation. Rome, 5 Jan. 1531.” (LP v.27). . ◼ Henry VIII sought an annulment of his marriage to Katharine of Aragon so that he could marry his new love, Anne Boleyn. He applied for a dispensation to marry again back in August 1527, never dreaming that it would take nearly six years to get the marriage annulled. . ◼ A seemingly simple request for a dispensation turned into “The King’s Great Matter”, & resulted in the fall of Cardinal Wolsey, England breaking with Rome, Henry declaring himself to be “sole protector & supreme head of the English church & clergy”, & the executions of men like Thomas More, John Fisher & the Carthusian monks, who would not swear the oath of supremacy. . ◼ Henry VIII finally married Anne Boleyn in a secret ceremony on 25th January 1533, & their marriage was declared valid on 28th May 1533, just days before Anne’s coronation on 1st June. . . . #OnThisDayInHistory #ThisDayInHistory #D5Jan #Theyear1531 #PopeClementVII #KingHenryVIII #HenryVIII #kingofengland #history #EnglishMonarchy #Britishmonarchy #Historyfacts #Heritage #Reformation #PopeClementVII #AnneBoleyn #Katharineofaragon #Thebritishmonarchy #RoyalHistory #OnThisDay #Instahistory #QueenofEngland (at United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/B69M_OQAw5g/?igshid=14e4teuybhrlp
