One thing I have learnt is that almost everything in history has been warped. Whenever there is a story that just doesnt make sense, you can bet there is something hidden behind the cover story.
If you dig into this more, you will see Pope was very flexible with his dispensations when needed. The reason he wouldn’t allow annulment was because we was being controlled by Katherine’s brother. I think the real reason is political, power balance between Spain and the rest of the Europe and pope’s role in it.
Btw here is an interesting read of what Pope did to King Henry IV
He could have had something call McLeod Syndrome, this could explain his personality change when in his 40's.
https://www.rcpe.ac.uk/sites/default/files/stride_5.pdf
One thing I have learnt is that almost everything in history has been warped. Whenever there is a story that just doesnt make sense, you can bet there is something hidden behind the cover story.
If you dig into this more, you will see Pope was very flexible with his dispensations when needed. The reason he wouldn’t allow annulment was because we was being controlled by Katherine’s brother. I think the real reason is political, power balance between Spain and the rest of the Europe and pope’s role in it.
Btw here is an interesting read of what Pope did to King Henry IV