Henry VIII
In 2003, in the Hampton Palace in England (the palace where Henry VIII was alive), the surveillance camera captured a terrifying scene: a ghost that resembles the King of British Henry VIII, casting a building in Hampton Palace in Hampton Palace, a ghost that resembles the British King Henry VIII. The palace gate was opened and closed again. The whole picture is extremely weird, giving people a chilling and thrilling feeling. Although some people later speculated that this might be a prank by a tourist, because the picture is too real, it is still creepy when talking about it.
In fact, ghost stories about ancient British imperial palaces emerge in Britain one after another, and there are the most legends about King Henry VIII. Why? This has to start with the right and wrong of the British king who has passed away for 500 years.
Henry VIII in film and television dramas
1. "Publicanism" has made contributions
After Henry VIII succeeded to the throne, it happened to catch the rise of the religious reform movement in the European continent. At that time, Martin Luther was frantically refuting the unreasonable and debauchery of the church. Many European countries were deeply influenced by it, and Britain was naturally no exception. But when Martin Luther's thoughts were just introduced to England, Henry VIII immediately expressed his attitude. He unconditionally supported the Pope and the Church and opposed the Reformation carried out by Martin Luther.
Martin Luther
For this reason, he also wrote a Latin Christian paper to refute Martin Luther's work "Ninety-Five Outlines". To be honest, Henry VIII's paper is average, but his passionate Catholic sentiment is fully expressed. Who would have thought that Henry VIII, who was so loyal to the Pope, would eventually turn against the Pope.
2. Rebellion with the Pope
Henry VIII's first wife was his widow's sister-in-law Catherine . At that time, Henry VIII's brother died. For the sake of the political alliance between the nobles, Henry VIII married his widow's wife against his will. Sister-in-law. Catherine is 6 years older than Henry VIII and is married, so Henry VIII did not really love her. In addition, only one of the five children born to Henry VIII lived to adulthood. Henry VIII, who had no children, really wanted to divorce Catherine and then marry a young and beautiful wife to give birth to a son.
Catherine
But at that time, the weddings and funerals of royal families in various European countries had to be approved by the Pope 9 Rome . So Henry VIII petitioned Pope Clement VII to hope that the Pope would approve his divorce. But for some reason, Pope Clement VII dragged this matter on for several years. Finally, he ordered Henry VIII and Catherine to meet him in Rome and solve the problem in person.
This annoyed Henry VIII. As the King of England, Henry VIII naturally could not leave England easily. Otherwise, if he loses the protection of the army and power in a foreign country, wouldn’t he become the fish on others’ chopping board? In this way, Henry VIII divorced Catherine without permission despite the Pope's stop.
Pope
Of course, divorce is still a small matter after all. The thing that really broke up with the Pope is that Henry VIII increasingly feels that the Pope's power is too great, which is an obstacle to his dictatorship of Britain. Therefore, Henry VIII announced in Britain that Britain would be separated from the Pope's jurisdiction from then on, and as the British king, he would take over the position of the Pope from then on and become the supreme leader of the British Catholic Church.
Henry VIII took over the right to church
III. Deprive church property
Of course, although Henry VIII announced that he became the supreme leader of the Catholic Church in the UK, there are many Catholics in the UK who are loyal to the Pope. So Henry VIII immediately issued two bills: one bill is called "Restricted Appeal Counter-Case", which prohibits Catholics in the UK from bypassing the British court to appeal to the Pope. If anyone dares to disobey, they will be considered treason. Punishment. Another bill, called the "Classic Income Act", stipulates that all wealth handed over to the Roman Catholic Church in the United Kingdom will be transferred to the British King.
Act signed by Henry VIII
Passing these two bills, Henry VIII finally legally controlled the Catholics in China. But this is far from enough. In order to strengthen his monarchical dictatorship, Henry VIII then carried out a wave of plundering the monasteries in China.
At that time, the monasteries in England were very rich, and the wealth they occupied accounted for 1/5 of the total wealth of the UK country. Henry VIII had long wanted to occupy the wealth of the monastery, but he had always suffered from no excuses. Later, Henry VIII broke up with the Pope, but the monasteries in China supported the Pope openly and secretly. This gave Henry VIII an excuse, and later Henry VIII demolished all 645 monasteries in China on the grounds of misconduct in some monasteries. Part of the wealth possessed by these monasteries was entered into Henry VIII's private treasury, and the other part was entered into the hands of nobles of all classes in Britain.
Although Henry VIII opposed the Pope and the Holy See, his purge of religion in Britain was hard to say about the Reformation. Because he did not take any action to change the old Catholic customs and make the domestic people transition to Protestants, except to crack down on allegiance to the Pope.
Or it can be said that all Henry VIII's actions can basically be interpreted as using the name of the Reformation to strengthen the power of the monarch.
Henry VIII is above the throne
Henry VIII is a good player in politics, but he is an absolute scumbag in love. Leaving the Pope's constraint on marriage, Henry VIII was like a drunken wild horse, because after Henry VIII divorced Catherine, he killed several wives in a row. The love-hate entanglement between Henry VIII and these wives seemed to have continued to the underground. As the article begins, most of the haunted stories of the British royal family are about Henry VIII and his wives.
Henry VIII's concubine
Wenshijun said
Henry VIII's purge of domestic religion in Britain, although its purpose was to maintain its monarchical dictatorship, also objectively weakened the power of Catholics in China, which was later Henry During the reign of Elizabeth, the final establishment of Protestantism in England laid a solid foundation.
Reference
(US) Myers: "Modern History of the World", Tiandi Publishing House, 2018 edition.
He Bingsong: "The Complete History of Europe", 2019 edition of Taiwan Strait Press.
(Author: Haoran Literature and History·Kan Xiang)
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