Examples of annulment in the following topics:
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The Anglican Church
- By the late 1520s, Henry wanted his marriage to Catherine annulled.
- In 1527 Henry asked Pope Clement VII to annul the marriage, but the Pope refused.
- According to Canon Law the Pope cannot annul a marriage on the basis of a canonical impediment previously dispensed.
- In 1529 the king summoned Parliament to deal with annulment, thus bringing together those who wanted reform but who disagreed what form it should take; it became known as the Reformation Parliament.
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The Magna Carta
- He renounced it as soon as the barons left London; Pope Innocent III also annulled the "shameful and demeaning agreement, forced upon the King by violence and fear."
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Elizabeth I and English Patriotism
- Anne's marriage to Henry VIII was annulled and Elizabeth was declared illegitimate.
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The First Stuarts and Catholicism
- Based on Henry VIII's desire for an annulment of his marriage, it was at the outset more of a political affair than a theological dispute.
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The French Wars of Religion
- The war began when the Catholic League convinced King Henry III to issue an edict outlawing Protestantism and annulling Henry of Navarre's right to the throne.