Henry the Eighth managed to keep power through his army and wealth even though he was against the Church. The reason why he was against the Church was because they would not let him get a divorce from his wife when she could not deliver a baby boy to be a heir for the throne. Since they declined the proposition he became mad and destroyed monasteries and other religious symbols. Normally people would do something about this but because King Henry had so many people behind him they could not do anything. He had an enormous army and his father's inheritance at around 1.5 million Euro. He could do anything he wanted with that money and this is what he spent some of it on.
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