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Henry VIII letter pleading for divorce reproduced

Source: Guardian Unlimited

Vatican City : Vatican City | 5 months ago

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It weighs in at 2.5 kilos, has 81 wax seals dangling from it and at €50,000 (£43,000) costs more than the average piece of Vatican merchandising. England is a Protestant country when it was unveiled in Rome today. "To understand England we need to have this document in mind," said the historian David...

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Replica of letter on Henry VIII divorce unveiled

News Source: Lexington Herald-Leader | 5 months ago

The 3-foot-by-6.5 foot (1-meter-by-2-meter) parchment with more than 80 original red wax seals of the signatories is considered a crucial document in the king's battle to divorce his first wife, Catherine of Aragon...The Vatican's refusal to annul...
Henry VIII letter pleading for divorce reproduced

News Source: Guardian Unlimited | 5 months ago

It weighs in at 2.5 kilos, has 81 wax seals dangling from it and at €50,000 (£43,000) costs more than the average piece of Vatican merchandising. England is a Protestant country when it was unveiled in Rome today. "To understand England we need...