CHAPTER VII.

REIGN OF HENRY VIII. (_continued_).

The War with France--The Earl of Surrey Invades that Country--Sir Thomas More elected Speaker--Henry and Parliament--Revolt of the Duke of Bourbon--Pope Adrian VI. dies--Clement VII. elected--Francis I. taken Prisoner at the Battle of Pavia--Growing Unpopularity of Wolsey--Change of Feeling at the English Court--Treaty with France--Francis I. regains his liberty--Italian League, including France and England, established against the Emperor--Fall of the Duke of Bourbon at the Siege of Rome--Sacking of Rome, and Capture of the Pope--Appearance of Luther--Henry writes against the German Reformer--Henry receives from the Pope the style and Designation of "Defender of the Faith"--Anne Boleyn--Henry applies to the Pope for a Divorce from the Queen--The Pope's Dilemma--War declared against Spain--Cardinal Campeggio arrives in England to decide the Legality of Henry's Marriage with Catherine--Trial of the Queen--Henry's Discontent with Wolsey--Fall of Wolsey--His Banishment from Court and Death--Cranmer's advice regarding the Divorce--Cromwell cuts the Gordian Knot--Dismay of the Clergy--The King declared Head of the Church in England--The King's Marriage with Anne Boleyn--Cranmer made Archbishop--The Pope Reverses the Divorce--Separation of England from Rome 130