Did Henry viii ever truly love anne boleyn and if so why did he sign her death warrant?
Well he certainly thought he did. He was obsessed with her and, being a clever young woman she wouldn’t sleep with him until he promised her marriage. This had huge repercussions for the English because the Pope refused to grant Henry an annulment of his first marriage, to Catherine of Aragon so he declared himself Head of the Church in England and Defender of the Faith. Thus Great Britain became a Protestant country for the first time and Henry acquired great wealth by dissolving and destroying the monasteries. However Henry’s driving force was to produce a male heir, which Anne failed to do, giving birth to Elizabeth I and a stillborn boy.Therefore trumped-up charges of adultery and incest were brought against her . Courtiers were tortured into admitting they had slept with her and she was beheaded.
