The English Reformation
Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography & More
Gary Arndt
4.7 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 18 May 2026
⏱️ 14 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | For centuries, England was one of Europe's great Catholic kingdoms. Then, in the span of a single |
| 0:05.9 | generation, it broke from Rome, closed its monasteries, executed saints and reformers, and created a church |
| 0:12.0 | unlike any other in Europe. What began with a king's marriage crisis became a religious and |
| 0:17.1 | political revolution that changed England forever. Learn more about the English Reformation and how it unfolded on this episode of Everything Everywhere |
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| 1:24.7 | The single most important player in the English Reformation was King Henry VIII, so understanding |
| 1:30.7 | him is the key to understanding the events that unfolded. Henry VIII was born in 1491 as the second |
| 1:37.6 | son of King Henry the 7th. As the spare son, he was seen less as a child and more as a political |
| 1:43.7 | bargaining chip. |
| 1:45.0 | However, this changed after the death of his older brother, Prince Arthur, in 1502. |
| 1:50.4 | Henry then became the heir apparent, and he was betrothed to his brother's widow, |
| 1:55.0 | Catherine of Aragon, the daughter of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, |
| 1:59.1 | in order to keep the alliance between England and Spain. |
| 2:02.7 | The betrothal to Catherine of Aragon was fairly controversial due to a passage in the Bible, |
| 2:08.2 | stating that you cannot have intimate relations with your brother's wife. |
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