The Six Wives of Henry VIII

What are the motifs in The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison Weir?

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Religious conflict is a recurring idea. For centuries, tensions in Europe between traditional Roman Catholics and reform-minded Protestants were a particularly destructive arena in which absolutely certain individuals fought devastating moral, political, spiritual and even military conflicts. According to The Six Wives, this Catholic/Protestant warfare played out at Henry's court, across England, and throughout the known world of the timeā€”it was the chessboard across which kings, queens, courtiers, and families all moved and were moved, the battlefield where they all strove for earthly control over what was essentially a spiritual concern.