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• n  son of Henry VII and King of England from 1509 to 1547; his divorce from Catherine of Aragon resulted in his break with the Catholic Church in 1534 and his excommunication 1538, leading to the start of the Reformation in England (1491-1547)

• Henry VIII

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• British festival-goers step back in time
  Childhood home of King Henry VIII hosts medieval reenactment
  June 18, 2013 - CBS News
• Jack Gohn: Two lawyers named Thomas
  &via=&related=DolcePixel" King Henry VIII of England and his intimates have recently been brought to televised life in The Tudors and revivified in Hilary Mantel’s trilogy of historical novels, now two-thirds complete, about Lord Chamberlain Thomas Cromwell. The books and the television show run us through all the same events and from a surprisingly similar perspective. A picture emerges. &via ...
  June 13, 2013 - The Daily Record
• US-REVIEW Summary
  English history with a twist in 'The Boleyn King' TOKYO (Reuters) - What would have happened if Anne Boleyn, the wife of Henry VIII and mother of Elizabeth I, had given her husband the son he so desperately wanted instead of miscarrying and eventually losing her head as a traitor? This is the premise behind "The Boleyn King" by Laura Anderson, the first book of a trilogy set to take a look at ...
  June 13, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News