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Henry VIII broke with Papal authority in order to be able to divorce Catherine of Aragon the widow of his brother. Cardinal Wolsey had been unable to persuade the Pope to grant Henry a divorce. He proclaimed himself head of the Church of England, dissolved the monastries and divorced Catherine, all in 1532.

Henry needed money as he had been bankrupt by spending so much in wars so when he was head o fchurch he sold off the monastries and their land to ricg people and took all the gold and silver ornaments for himself. this brought him money.

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Henry VIII's break with the Catholic Church was driven by his desire to divorce his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, and marry Anne Boleyn. Closing the monasteries was part of his larger campaign to assert his control over the church in England and seize their wealth and properties. This led to the dissolution of the monasteries and the establishment of the Church of England with the English monarch as its head.

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