It split from the papacy under King Henry VIII and spread across the world alongside Britain’s empire, where it still has a following as the Anglican Church from Africa to Asia and the U.S ...

The pamphlet ‘ Assertio Septem Sacramentorum ’ published in 1521 and attributed to Henry VIII is credited with earning him ...

Thomas Wolsey's ascendancy was cut short by this failure. In 1533, Henry VIII broke with the church and married the now pregnant Anne Boleyn in a secret ceremony. Henry was excommunicated by the Pope.

A far reaching consequence of the lengthy negotiations for his divorce from Katherine of Aragon led to his break with Rome, leading to the establishment of the Church of England ... The coronation of ...

But he was old now, and died. Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived! Henry VIII changed things for his six wives, but by starting the Church of England, he changed history!