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Title: The Divorce of Catherine of Aragon
The Story as Told by the Imperial Ambassadors Resident at
the Court of Henry VIII

Author: J.A. Froude

Release Date: July 8, 2010 [EBook #33113]

Language: English

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THE DIVORCE OF CATHERINE OF ARAGON

THE DIVORCE
OF
CATHERINE OF ARAGON

THE STORY AS TOLD BY THE IMPERIAL AMBASSADORS
RESIDENT AT THE COURT OF
HENRY VIII.

_IN USUM LAICORUM_

BY
J. A. FROUDE

_BEING A SUPPLEMENTARY VOLUME TO THE
AUTHOR'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND_

NEW YORK
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
1891

[_All rights reserved_]

Copyright, 1891,
BY CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS.

_The Riverside Press, Cambridge, Mass., U. S. A._
Electrotyped and Printed by H. O. Houghton & Company.

CONTENTS

PAGE

INTRODUCTION 1

CHAPTER I.

Prospects of a disputed succession to the crown--Various
claimants--Catherine incapable of having further children--
Irregularity of her marriage with the King--Papal dispensations--
First mention of the divorce--Situation of the Papacy--Charles
V.--Policy of Wolsey--Anglo-French alliance--Imperial troops in
Italy--Appeal of the Pope--Mission of Inigo de Mendoza--The
Bishop of Tarbes--Legitimacy of the Princess Mary called in
question--Secret meeting of the Legates' court--Alarms of
Catherine--Sack of Rome by the Duke of Bourbon--Proposed reform
of the Papacy--The divorce promoted by Wolsey--Unpopular in
England---Attempts of the Emperor to gain Wolsey 21

CHAPTER II.

Mission of Wolsey to Paris--Visits Bishop Fisher on the way--
An