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Editorial It’s always a great pleasure to edit INK, the school’s academic magazine, and see the extent of academic endeavour shown by our pupils and staff. Understandably, Brexit and Donald Trump have been a theme over the last two editions, but it’s great to have Art, Architecture and Ancient Greece as a refreshing counterbalance, along with articles on music, hypnosis and a piece of creative writing. INK is also a forum to showcase artistic talent and you’ll be able to see to results of hard work in Art and D&T too. Just like the subject of Saffron Wood’s painting on the front cover, please do look into this magazine and in your wide-eyed wonder maybe you will be inspired to contribute next year. Bill Baker (Summer <strong>2017</strong>) Contents “All for the love of a woman”. Is this the fundamental reason for the beginning of the English Reformation? ..............................................................................3-5 Evie Fleck To what extent is the approach to composition and recording determined by the medium of performance and context? Approaches to modern hip hop music and its production......................................................................................................6-7 Molly Moran Brexio, Brexis, Brexit: Globalisation and the Roman Republic............................8-9 Michael Murray “Public referendums are the worst way of making public decisions.” Are they? ............................................................................................................12 Archie Phillips How can Grayson Perry’s ‘Memory Jar’ describe the relationship humans have with objects, memory and identity?..............................................................13-16 Zahra Coulthard Examinez le thème de discrimination dans « Kiffe Kiffe Demain »................17-18 Emily Giffin “Human life is more important than any other form of life” .........................19-21 Tommy Howells The Changing Face of State Architecture........................................................22-25 Joe Twitchen “Donald Trump is a breath of fresh air.” Do you agree? .....................................28 Imogen Morrogh Romeo’s Achilles Heel: a literary comparison of Achilles and Romeo .......................................................................................................................29-30 Laura Jenkinson Cover by: Saffron Wood (Fifth Year) What do you thINK? Submissions to <strong>Ink</strong> are welcomed throughout the year. Email wbaker@ churcherscollege.com if you have an article you would like to publish. What is Hypnosis ?.........................................................................................31-32 Annabelle Hall Why Frodo and Achilles are so infuriating to a modern audience ......................33 Harry Richards From what you have learned from studying the Minoan, Mycenaean, Dark and Archaic ages, what do you think is the most important type of archaeological evidence and why?..............................................................................................34 Harry Allen To what extent did the situation of women in the 19th century influence the actions of Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina and Flaubert’s Madame Bovary?............35-37 Emily Nanovich-Walker Sirius....................................................................................................................38 Bethany Procter 2
“All for the love of a woman”. Is this the fundamental reason for the beginning of the English Reformation? Evie Fleck Lower Sixth Historian David Starkey claims that it was “that remarkable woman” Anne Boleyn who turned Henry from “the pious prince who ruled an England at the heart of Catholic Europe” to “the great schismatic, who had created a national church [with] insular, xenophobic politics”. The radical English Reformation, beginning with the Break with Rome (1533-35) encompassed a wide range of radical legal, financial and eventually doctrinal changes in England that facilitated Henry VIII’s move to “national sovereignty and monarchical supremacy” in England (Haigh). The impact of these changes cannot be underestimated since, after a delay in which he hoped Henry would change his mind, they caused the Pope to excommunicate the entire country from the Catholic faith to which it had been committed for almost a thousand years. However, the Break could also be attributed to various other factors: Henry’s need for a male heir, the intransigency of the Papacy and Charles V, Protestant ideas and Henry’s desire for power and wealth. Firstly, it could be said that Anne Boleyn herself, “who even her worst enemy had to admit had ‘sense, wit and courage” (Starkey) caused the Break with Rome. Wary of Henry due to the experience of her sister Mary who submitted to being his mistress (whilst already married) and was then discarded, Anne showed remarkable strength of character in Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn refusing to sleep with Henry for five years. Unaccustomed to being denied, Anne seemed to inspire in Henry an obsession, of which the end result was radical religious change and their union in marriage. It is undoubtable that he loved her deeply since despite his hatred of writing, he 3 [T]he English Reformation began, “all for the love of a woman”. penned her many praiseful letters, signed, like a lovesick schoolboy “”H seeks A.B, No Other Rex,” with her initials in a childish heart. Henry was prepared to do anything in order to achieve marriage with Anne, and so, when an annulment with Katherine of Aragon proved impossible to obtain, the English Reformation began, “all for the love of a woman”. However, it must be remembered that high profile marriages in this period were not necessarily made for love, they were to produce legitimate children and create dynastic alliances, as can be seen in many arranged marriages between complete strangers with wildly disparate ages. For example, Henry’s sister, Mary Tudor was briefly married to the French King Louis XII, over 30 years her senior. As King, Henry had the power to fall in love with and have children by whomever he wished, as we can see in the case of Mary Boleyn (who bore him two illegitimate children). Had Katherine of Aragon been able to give Henry a son, Anne would have simply been a mistress. It was therefore the dynastic future she offered him, more importantly than her actual person that caused the Break with Rome. Building on that point was Henry’s desire for a male heir. This was necessary in order to fulfil his drive for immortality through dynastic fulfilment. For Henry’s ego, massaged through a childhood experienced as the pride of Court, continuing his line was essential. By failing to do this, he was failing to carry out his duty as a King. Henry did have a daughter, Mary Tudor, borne by his Spanish wife, Katherine of Aragon. But there was no historical precedent to make Mary seem a viable future ruler, with the only previous female ruler of England, Matilda, ruling in a tumultuous time of civil war. To the aggressively masculine Henry, a daughter could never viably continue his dynasty and it was therefore as if he had no children at all. Something needed to be done in order to solve this problem of possible dynastic extinction. When attempts at getting an annulment with his wife proved futile, he therefore moved towards the Break with Rome in order to garner the legitimate male heir he desired. So it was not Anne, but the dynastic future she offered that sparked off
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