Henry VIII's "Great Matter"

CW: INFANT LOSS is discussed in this video.

Today we're looking the timeline of King Henry VIII’s “Great Matter”…

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Images (from Wikimedia Commons, unless otherwise stated):

“The Family of Henry VIII” by an unknown artist (c.1545). Held by the Royal Collection and on display at Hampton Court Palace.

English: Portrait of Henry VIII of England attributed to Meynnart Wewyck (c.1509). Held by the Denver Art Museum in the Berger Collection.

16th century woodcut of the coronation of Henry VIII of England and Catherine of Aragon showing their heraldic badges, the Tudor rose and the pomegranate by an unknown artist. From Stephen Hawes, A Joyfull Medytacvon to All Englande(1509), printed Wynkyn de Worde, 4to, n.d. (Cambridge University Library), a single sheet with woodcut of the coronation of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon.

Catherine of Aragon’s badge as Queen, a crowned pomegranate (16th century).

Detail of a historiated initial with the Tudor rose and pomegranate, from the Choirbook of Petrus Alamire, Southern Netherlands, c. 1516,Royal MS 8 G VII, f. 3r. Reproduced at https://blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscri...

Detail showing Henry VIII tilting in front of Katherine of Aragon from the Westminster tournament roll (1511). Held by the College of Arms.

Portrait of Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, by an unknown artist (1520) Held by Magdalene College, Cambridge.

King Henry VIII aged 21, on his way to open Parliament on 4 February 1512. Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, KG, walks ahead carrying the Sword of State. Another peer holds the Cap of Maintenance. Detail from The Procession of Parliament 1512, Library of Trinity College, Cambridge.

Portrait miniature of Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Richmond and Somerset by Lucas Horenbout (between 1533 and 1534). Held by the Royal Collection.

Screenshot from the National Archives Currency Converter: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/c...

Portrait of Catherine of Aragon by an unknown artist (16th century). Held by Lambeth Palace.

Miniature portrait of Mary Tudor, later Queen Mary I, attributed to Lucas Horenbout (c. 1525). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.

Portrait of Henry VIII by Joos van Cleve (c. 1530-35). Held by the Royal Collection and on display at Hampton Court Palace.

Portrait of Anne Boleyn by an unknown artist (c. 1550). Held by Hever Castle.

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Portrait of Pope Clement VII by Sebastiano del Piombo (c.1531). Held by the Getty Center.

Portrait of a Lady called Mary Boleyn, Lady Stafford, attributed to Remigius van Leemput (c. 1630-70). Held by the Royal Collection.

“The Trial of Queen Catherine of Aragon” by Henry Nelson O'Neil (1846–1848). Held by the Birmingham Museums.

Portrait of Thomas Wolsey by an unknown artist (1589-1595, based on a work of circa 1520). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.

Portrait of Thomas Cranmer by Gerlach Flicke (1545-1546). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.

Portrait of Thomas Cromwell by Hans Holbein the Younger (1532–1533). Held by The Frick Collection.

Portrait of Thomas More by Hans Holbein the Younger (1527). Held by The Frick Collection.

Portrait of William Warham by Hans Holbein the Younger (1528). Held by the Louvre Museum.

Artist's Impression of the Tower of London Site in 1547 by Ivan Lapper (1999). Commissioned by the Royal Armouries Museum.

Photograph of The White Tower at the Tower of London taken by Bernard Gagnon (2007).


Quoted texts:

The Bible

State Papers, Henry VIII, 7.262

Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII, Volume 6, 1533; 351.

Also consulted, were:

The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Online

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