• #40 Henry VIII: the pope, Katherine, Anne and Florence

  • Sep 4 2024
  • Length: 37 mins
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#40 Henry VIII: the pope, Katherine, Anne and Florence

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  • After years of negotiation and confrontation, Pope Clement VII was heard swearing unpapally over Henry VIII’s divorce. And no wonder. The history of Henry’s pope is a murky tale of code-breaking and ruthless sieges that involves Michelangelo and Machiavelli and a great deal of double-dealing. Pope Clement was trapped between a rock and a hard place: the only way to save his Medici family’s city of Florence was to refuse Henry his divorce and split Christendom. (R)

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