Henry VIII's Divorce Case and Conflict with the Roman Curia

Name: Henry VIII's Divorce Case and Conflict with the Roman Curia
Start: 1527
End: 1533

Type Event Region Europe Time 1527–1533

Around 1527, King Henry VIII of England asked Pope Clement VII to declare his marriage to Queen Catherine null on the grounds that she had borne him …

Timeline

1527London · EnglandHenry VIII requested the pope to declare the marriage null on the grounds that Catherine had been his brother Arthur's wife and the marriage violated canon law; minister Wolsey and Cardinal Wolsey went to Rome to negotiate, and curial proceedings were initiated.
1527–1529Rome · Papal StatesPope Clement VII, under military pressure from Charles V (the Sack of Rome in 1527), delayed his decision, and Henry VIII's disappointment with the Roman Curia deepened, turning instead to Thomas Cromwell to push domestic church reform and parliamentary legislation.

Sources

Henry VIII's break with Rome https://www.britannica.com/biography/Henry-VIII-king-of-England/Break-with-Rome