wolsey's fall
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- Wolsey's Fall
- Factors for Wolsey's fall
- Wolsey himself
- Anne Boleyn faction
- Key members: Thomas Boleyn (dad, Earl of Wiltshire), Duke of Norfolk (Thomas Howard - uncle), Duke of Suffolk (Charles Brandon)
- H had fallen in love with Anne - love letters, she refused to sleep with him until marriage - fuelled Henry's lust and anger at W for not getting the divorce
- W dismissed Anne - to become powerful, they had to remove W/his influence - accused W of being hostile to them + purposely slowing down the divore
- They also exploited that W had little gains obtaining the divorce
- Key members: Thomas Boleyn (dad, Earl of Wiltshire), Duke of Norfolk (Thomas Howard - uncle), Duke of Suffolk (Charles Brandon)
- Anti-clericalism and corruption
- Henry and the divorce
- Why H wanted the divorce:
- Against God's will - Leviticus speaks against sleeping with a brother's wife
- love for Anne Boleyn -her presence at court gave H a greater desire to divorce
- Wife to provide a male heir to carry Tudor dynasty - female couldn't successfully rule - return to chaos of WoR
- Why H wanted the divorce:
- Amicable Grant
- Henry and the divorce
- 1. H expected the annulment negotiations to take little time - Pope refusing to dissolve marriage
- 2. Pope Clement VII deliberately stalled - H blamed W for delay - Boleyn allies demanded more aggressive policy towards Pope
- 3. H ordered W to argue that the original dispensation issued by Julius II was insufficient in law and then persuade Pope to transfer case to England
- 4. W was papal legate - had power and authority to preside over the case. Some delay, Pope agreed for case to be tried in England - insisted that 2 papal legates be present
- 5. May 1929 (7 month delay) Legatine Court met at Blackfriars. Campeggio (papal legate) interviewed H and Catherine
- 6. W attempted to speed up process made Campeggio delay further - in desparation W resorted to bribery and blackmail
- 7. When case opened, H had already lost faith in W
- 8. Catherine appealed to Rome - Camp continued case for 3 weeks but then suspended it
- 9. W persuaded to reopen case Oct 1529 - futile Pope has summoned case to Rome
- 10. W failure to get annulment left divorce as only option = break with Rome
- 9. W persuaded to reopen case Oct 1529 - futile Pope has summoned case to Rome
- 8. Catherine appealed to Rome - Camp continued case for 3 weeks but then suspended it
- 7. When case opened, H had already lost faith in W
- 6. W attempted to speed up process made Campeggio delay further - in desparation W resorted to bribery and blackmail
- 5. May 1929 (7 month delay) Legatine Court met at Blackfriars. Campeggio (papal legate) interviewed H and Catherine
- 4. W was papal legate - had power and authority to preside over the case. Some delay, Pope agreed for case to be tried in England - insisted that 2 papal legates be present
- 3. H ordered W to argue that the original dispensation issued by Julius II was insufficient in law and then persuade Pope to transfer case to England
- 2. Pope Clement VII deliberately stalled - H blamed W for delay - Boleyn allies demanded more aggressive policy towards Pope
- 1. H expected the annulment negotiations to take little time - Pope refusing to dissolve marriage
- Wolsey's fall from power
- Partly due to events out of his control - Boleyn faction pressurised H and W taking too long - their growing influence undermined W and added to his problem
- Failure to secure annulment lost him Henry's favour - W had assured H that his influence with the papacy would have a good outcome
- Not completely unexpected - unpopular for Tudor subsidy (1523) and Amicable Grant (1525)
- John Skeleton poem 'Why come ye not to court' - arrogance. W also accused of praemunire (religious issue)
- After suspension , W goes to York for first time - H gives him money to get ordained (support?) - while W was on the way to his trail - dies of natural causes 30th Nov 1530
- Factors for Wolsey's fall
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