King Henry Viii's Second Wife Analysis

King Henry VIII was a man known for being girl crazy, he seemed like he would want a new girl everyday. In a way he loved girls, but had no feelings for them. According to Lord Mountjoy to Erasmus, 1509 “He used to marry a new wife every day, and chop off her head next morning.”(Lord Mountjoy to Erasmus, 1509) He had been married six times; divorced four times, and beheaded two of them. He was the reason of getting rid of the pope’s power in England, because of the very reason of wanting to get a divorce. He was a relentless tyrant that wanted virtue, glory and immortality. In the letter written by Lord Mountjoy, he had speculates on King Henry VIII’s desires and girls. As above, he talks about how King Henry would want a new girl, and then would order her execution. He continues by saying that “He would do it just as indifferent as if he was ordering up eggs.” Thus meaning,
Anne Boleyn was King Henry’s second wife, and she was the very reason why the power of the pope had been taken away. It all started when he wanted a divorce, and the pope wouldn’t grant it, so he took power away from the pope to get his divorce. His marriage didn’t end on the best terms. At the beginning he had loved her like no other. “To such an extent, in fact, that the flames of desire began to burn secretly in the king’s breast, unknown to all, least of all to Anne herself.”(George Cavendish, Cardinal Wolsey’s gentleman-usher.) Cavendish is say that King Henry fell deeply in love with Anne Boleyn. “Absence is already too much for me: and when I think of the increase of what I must needs suffer it would be well nigh unbearable for me were it not for the firm hope I have and as I cannot be with you in person, I am sending you the nearest possible thing to that, namely, my picture set in a bracelet.”(King HenryVIII to Anne Boleyn) He also sends “I think it long since I kissed you,” and “Think your kindness and my fervents of