Divorced, Beheaded, Died: Henry VIII's Six Wives and the Dissolution of the Monasteries (2026)

Anne Boleyn crowned, pregnant, beheaded in three years. Jane Seymour dead twelve days after giving Henry his son. A property seizure that transferred 800 monasteries to the gentry and locked in the English Reformation permanently. This episode covers what happened after the break from Rome: five more wives, Thomas Cromwell's rise and fall, and the most consequential land grab in English history. Watch the next video in the playlist: the boy king, the nine-day queen, and Bloody Mary. ▶ Watch next: Bloody Mary: The Queen Who Burned 287 Protestants in Five Years https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ou-lMBYzD7c 📺 Full playlist: Heretics, Kings, and the Bible: A History of Christianity https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlIAFxS29649uSipGQOgELRjHwsm3Aib8 Chapters: 0:00 Scene 1 5:49 Scene 2 11:09 Scene 3 16:17 Scene 4 21:13 Scene 5 25:59 Scene 6 29:54 Scene 7 32:53 Quiz Time 34:58 Key Takeaways #ChurchHistory #BibleHistory #christianity --- Disclosure The avatars and voices in this video are AI-generated. All content -- research, scripts, lesson design, and the custom video engine -- is created by a CISSP, CISM, and PMP certified professional with a Master's in Project Management, a B.S. in Information Technology, and a Doctorate in Business Administration in progress. This channel exists to make learning accessible and straightforward. Educational history series. This channel does not represent any church, denomination, government, or academic institution. Sources for every historical claim are cited in the script. Religious belief is personal — this series presents the historical record, not theology.