Katharine and Anne - the Divorce | Chapter 5 | The Wives of Henry VIII | Martin Hume

This is a audio recording/book of The Wives of Henry the Eighth and the Parts They Played in History, Katharine and Anne - the Divorce, Chapter 5 by Martin A. S. Hume.

In 1525, Henry VIII became enamoured of Anne Boleyn, a lady-in-waiting to Queen Catherine; Anne was between ten and seventeen years younger than Henry, being born between 1501 and 1507. Henry began pursuing her; Catherine was no longer able to bear children by this time. Henry began to believe that his marriage was cursed and sought confirmation from the Bible, which he interpreted to say that if a man marries his brother's wife, the couple will be childless. Even if her marriage to Arthur had not been consummated (and Catherine would insist to her dying day that she had come to Henry's bed a virgin), Henry's interpretation of that biblical passage meant that their marriage had been wrong in the eyes of God.

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