THE STORY AS TOLD BY THE IMPERIAL AMBASSADORS
RESIDENT AT THE COURT OF
HENRY VIII.
IN USUM LAICORUM
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.
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| Introduction | 1 |
| CHAPTER I. | |
| Prospects of a disputed succession to the crown—Various claimants—Catherineincapable of having further children—Irregularity of her marriage with the King—Papal dispensations—Firstmention of the divorce—Situation of the Papacy—Charles V.—Policy of Wolsey—Anglo-Frenchalliance—Imperial troops in Italy—Appeal of the Pope—Mission of Inigo de Mendoza—The Bishop ofTarbes—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 thePapacy—The divorce promoted by Wolsey—Unpopular inEngland—-Attempts of the Emperor to gain Wolsey | 21 |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| Mission of Wolsey to Paris—Visits Bishop Fisher on the way—Anxieties of the Emperor—Letter of the Emperor toHenry VIII.—Large offers to Wolsey—Address of the French Cardinals to the Pope—Anne Boleyn chosen byHenry to succeed Catherine—Surprise and displeasure of Wolsey—Fresh attempts of the Emperor to bribe him—Wolseyforced to continue to advocate the divorce—Mission of Dr. Knight to Rome—The Pope at Orvieto—The Kingapplies for a dispensation to make a second marriage—Language of the dispensation demanded—Inferences drawnfrom it—Alleged intrigue between the King and Mary Boleyn | 41 |
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| CHAPTER III. | |
| Anxiety of the Pope to satisfy the King—Fears of the Emperor—Proposed alternatives—France and Englanddeclare war in the Pope’s defence—Campeggio to be sent to England—The King’s account of the Pope’s conduct—ThePope’s distress and alarm—The secret decretal—Instructions to Campeggio | 62 |
| CHAPTER IV. | |
| Anne Boleyn—Letters to her from the King—The Convent at Wilton—The Divorce—The Pope’s promises—Arrival ofCampeggio in England—Reception at the Bridewell Palace—Proposal to Catherin ... BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR! |