HIST-308 Lecture Notes - Lecture 38: Pope Boniface Viii, Caetani, English Reformation
28 Mar 2020
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In 1527, rome was sacked by renegade troops nominally serving the hre. Clement vii was also getting in the way of the english king henry viii"s well laid annulment plans. In 1529, clement rejected henry viii"s petition to have his marriage to catherine of aragon annulled: english reformation. By a complex series of political and theological reforms that followed, henry moved towards. Clement viii as a result excommunicated the king of england in 1533: renaissance papacy. With clement vii, there is a new heights of renaissance papacy reached. He is fighting schismatics like the lutherans and henry viii, while still funding michelangelo: michaelangelo. It was under popes like clement vii that michelangelo added the beauty of earlier works like the sistine chapel. He left both rome and florence littered with memorable images and sculptures: after clement. After his death in 1534, pope paul iii ascended to power.
