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9 Mar 2010, 9:14 am by Peter
In A Man for All Seasons, Robert Bolt’s award winning play about Sir Thomas More’s opposition to Henry the Eighth’s annulment of his marriage to his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, there occurs this exchange between More and his friend the Duke of Norfolk: Norfolk:  Oh confound all this. [read post]
6 Jul 2017, 1:01 am by rhapsodyinbooks
Henry was reportedly a devout Catholic, but was intent on having his marriage to Catherine of Aragon annulled. [read post]
29 Jul 2021, 1:36 pm by Tom Smith
Thomas Aragon, director of the California Department Public Health, said in a statement to the Los Angeles Times Wednesday. [read post]
17 Sep 2008, 6:56 pm
Last night, I attended a preview performance of Robert Bolt's play, "A Man for All Seasons," starring Frank Langella as Sir Thomas More, the Lord Chancellor of England who resigned his office rather than publicly support King Henry VIII's declaration that his first marriage was null and void. [read post]
13 Apr 2009, 3:00 am
Events in honor of Welty's centenary (she died in 2001) are detailed here.... 1534 (475 years ago today), Sir Thomas More refused to swear an oath endorsing a new statute declaring the marriage of King Henry VIII and his 1st wife, Catherine of Aragon, void, and for this refusal Moore was put in prison. [read post]
9 Oct 2010, 8:45 am by Michael McCann
Confirmed speakers and/or authors for the conference include: Keynote Address: David Cornwell of DNK Cornwell Presentations: Matthew Bester of the Antitrust Division of the Department of JusticeGregg Clifton with Jackson Lewis LLPAllison Brehm with White O'Connor Fink and Brenner, LLPLee Brenner with White O'Connor Fink and Brenner, LLPNeville Johnson with Johnson & Johnson, LLPDana Hooper from Greenberg TraurigConnie Mableson of Mableson Law GroupElsa Cole, former General Counsel for… [read post]
21 Feb 2016, 4:00 pm by Old Fox
From 1527 onward, Henry VIII pursued his desire to be freed from his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, in order to marry Anne Boleyn, and in 1529 the grips of the “divorce” controversy seized also upon Cranmer. [read post]
26 Aug 2012, 11:00 am by Brien Roche
  Sir Thomas More, Henry VIII’s friend and chancellor became ”A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS” because of his refusal to sign an oath denying the Catholic Church when Henry sought to annul his marriage to Catherine of Aragon in order to marry Anne Boleyn. [read post]
28 Jul 2014, 8:48 am by Cornell Library
Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall (winner in 2009) and Bringing Up the Bodies (winner in 2012) look at the dissolution of Henry VIII’s marriage to Katherine of Aragon and later marriage to Anne Boleyn through the eyes of Thomas Cromwell a lawyer serving as chief Minister in Henry’s court. [read post]
25 Aug 2017, 5:30 am by Paul Rosenzweig
" It tells the story of Sir Thomas More, the former lord chancellor to King Henry VIII who, ultimately, was put to death for his alleged treasonous refusal to acknowledge the annulment of the king’s marriage to Catharine of Aragon and his subsequent remarriage to Anne Boleyn. [read post]
26 Nov 2013, 9:43 am
A Man for All Seasons A Man for All Seasons is a historical movie about Sir Thomas More, the chancellor in England who stood against Henry VIII when the king wanted to annul his marriage to Catherine of Aragon. [read post]
23 Apr 2015, 11:05 am by Margaret Wood
  Wolsey is “discovered” to have violated this statute after he fails to secure the king’s divorce from his first wife, Catherine of Aragon. [read post]
18 Mar 2008, 8:57 am
  The film also omits some of the key players in that struggle, including Cardinal Woolsey and Sir Thomas More, who don't even put in an acknowledged appearance, and Thomas Cromwell, who appears but briefly during the scene of Anne's trial. [read post]
3 May 2016, 10:50 am by Patrick
  Neil Kinkopf A Man for All Seasons by Robert Bolt The classic play about Sir Thomas More, the 16th-century Chancellor of England, who refused to endorse King Henry VIII’s wish to divorce his wife Catherine of Aragon, who did not bear him a son, so that he could marry Anne Boleyn, the sister of his former mistress. [read post]
5 Feb 2022, 10:46 am by Kevin LaCroix
As a result of his opposition to Henry VIII’s plan to divorce Catherine of Aragon and to marry Anne Boleyn, Thomas More had fallen out of favor (and indeed was soon to be imprisoned and then executed). [read post]
30 Apr 2015, 7:00 am by Deborah Schander
Megan Boyd Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary MantelWolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies detail the reign of Henry VIII from the perspective of Henry’s chief minister, Thomas Cromwell. [read post]
10 Jul 2014, 7:09 am by Margaret Wood
Henry VIII first married Catherine of Aragon in 1509 and they had one living child, Mary Tudor, who was born in 1516. [read post]
18 Jul 2017, 12:50 pm by Margaret Wood
  Wolsey’s failure to obtain the divorce led to his fall from power in late 1529 and the concurrent rise of Thomas Cromwell. [read post]