The sanctity of marriage was taken extremely seriously at the time especially in the case of the king who has been given the power to rule over a kingdom that was connected to the Roman Catholic Church. ... After all deliberation between the Holy Roman Church and Catherine's father Henry and Catherine were married once Henry had inherited the dominion over England and Wales. ... The English alliance with Katharine's nephew, Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, wavered and fell in 1525, and her political importance declined" ("Katherine of Aragon"). ... Catherine's politically positio...

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Written on a wall at woodstock By Elizabeth I Oh Fortune, thy wresting wavering state Hath fraught with cares my troubled wit, Whose witness this present prison late Could bear, where once was joy's loan quit. Thou causedst the guilty to be loosed From bands where innocents were inclosed, And ca...

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