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Katharine

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Katharine Katherine [ˈkæθərɪn] Kathleen [ˈkæθliːn] NCatalina


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It was a Sunday evening in October, and in common with many other young ladies of her class, Katharine Hilbery was pouring out tea.
But when the Pope finally refused Henry's demand for the divorce from Katharine of Spain, which would make possible a marriage with Anne Boleyn, Henry angrily threw off the papal authority and declared himself the Supreme Head of the Church in England, thus establishing the separate English (Anglican, Episcopal) church.
 
 
 
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