According to Cardinal Campeggio, Henry VIII asked him to pressure Pope Clement VII to announce that the king's previous marriage to Catherine of Aragon was null and voice through the Divine Law1. When Pope Clement refused because Pope Julius II had granted King Henry VIII dispensation to marry Catherine in the first place, Henry contemplated splitting from the church solely to fulfill his matrimonial plans. ... Furthermore, after the death of King Henry VIII, Parliament moved quickly to establish their supremacy in the regency government made necessary by the youth of the new king, Edw...

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