British History Podcast17 Mar 2025

Henry VIII's Divorce and the 1527 Sack of Rome - Part 2

In this, the second of 3 episodes, recorded live, discussing the factors going on in Rome which effected Henry VIII's ultimately failed attempt to secure a divorce from his first wife Katherine of Aragon, we look at the Sack of Rome itself. WARNING - this episode will include descriptions of act of violence, all which occurred in 1527, almost 500 year ago but still upsetting. In the previous episode we focussed on the events which led up to Imperial troops appearing at the walls of Rome, bent on violence. It is against this backdrop that Henry VIII petitioned the pope for a divorce from Katherine of Aragon. In the next episode we will look at Henry's 'Great Matter' and how events in Rome would have a lasting impact on the church, and therefore population, of England.

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