History of the Catholic Church from the Renaissance to the French Revolution, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint)

Book excerpt: Excerpt from History of the Catholic Church From the Renaissance to the French Revolution, Vol. 2 Popularity of Henry VIII - Rise of Wolsey - Foreign policy - Opposition to Lutheranism - The question of the separation from Catharine of Aragon - Origin of the divorce proceedings - Embassy to Rome - Appoint ment of Cardinal Wolsey and Cardinal Campeggio to tryfl. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.