import/englishhistory.net/tudor/quizstuff.html indexed_doc HTMLPlugin 2164 quizstuff.html quizstuff.html en utf8 Marilee A discussion of question five from Tudor Quiz: Henry VIII HTML http://englishhistory.net/tudor/quizstuff.html http://englishhistory.net/tudor/quizstuff.html Tudor period|Others HASH01cf774f2d407164c30b50d9 1378708192 20130909 1378708677 20130909 HASH01cf.dir   <blockquote>In my many (too many) readings about Henry's checkered marital career, one thing always struck me - the constant back and forth between biographers/historians over the exact ending of his six marriages.  It's a common assumption that Henry divorced Katharine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Anne of Cleves, and Catherine Howard, yet a close reading of the actual circumstances of each case reveals something quite different - those marriages were annulled, and annulments are not divorces. <p>An annulment invalidates a marriage by declaring the marriage was never valid; in other words, a marriage never took place.  If we take this a step further, it could be argued that Henry never had six wives at all - since he annulled four of his marriagess! <br>A divorce recognizes the legal validity of a marriage; it acknowledges that a legal marriage did occur and was recognized by both spouses. <br>  <p>I will add a discussion of each case when I have some spare time, which I hope is sooner rather than later. <br> </blockquote> <font size=-1><a href="_httpextlink_&rl=1&href=http:%2f%2fenglishhistory.net%2ftudor%2ftudorq13.html">to Tudor Quiz: Henry VIII</a></font> <br><font size=-1></font>  <br><font size=-1></font>  <blockquote>  <br> </blockquote> <script language="JavaScript" src="_httpextlink_&rl=0&href=http:%2f%2fhostingprod.com%2fjs%5fsource%2fgeov2.js"></script><script language="javascript">geovisit();</script><noscript><img src="_httpextlink_&rl=0&el=direct&href=http://visit.webhosting.yahoo.com/visit.gif?us1108082744" alt="setstats" border="0" width="1" height="1"></noscript> <IMG SRC="_httpextlink_&rl=0&el=direct&href=http://geo.yahoo.com/serv?s=76001524&t=1108082744" ALT=1 WIDTH=1 HEIGHT=1>