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The Betrothal of Two-Year-Old Princess Mary to the Dauphin, Greenwich, 5 October 1518
She was two years old. He was seven months old. Their marriage was meant to help keep Europe at peace.
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Mary I: Naming the Sister She Had Imprisoned as Her Heir
Mary had imprisoned the sister who would inherit her throne. A child of her own could have changed that. No child came.
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Catherine of Aragon at Blackfriars and the Pope's Letter of 7 October 1529
Henry VIII had built a court to end his marriage. Catherine refused to recognise it and appealed over his head to Rome. The Pope took the matter out of Henry's hands.
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Thomas Linacre: The King's Physician Becomes the Patient
For years he had been physician to Henry VIII. Now he was the patient, with the illness his world called "the stone".