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hey friends welcome to the Renaissance English History podcast. This is the weekly highlight reel of videos that I have put out on YouTube. So in case you don't know, you can go over to YouTube and watch all my videos. The channel is History and Coffee.

And you can just search for my name as well, Heather Tesco, History and Coffee.

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And then what I've started doing is weekly highlight reels of some of the videos that have gone out on

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Today we are digging deep into Henry VIII's religious beliefs.

The man is famous for bringing reform and Protestantism to England, but was he ever actually a Protestant? So he is, of course, best known for his sequence of six marriages and his

instrumental role in the severance of the Church of England from people authority.

Henry the Eighth's personal beliefs are often a subject of historical debate.

Today, we'll talk about this maze of faith, power, and politics, and the lingering question, did Henry the 8th ever become

a Protestant? I know you guys like woke up this morning and you were just like, I need to know,

was Henry the 8th Protestant? I get it, right? Okay. So in the early years of his reign,

of course, Henry the 8th was a steadfast champion of the Catholic Church.

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