S1E6:Burning Convictions
A History of Britain
4 Nov 200059 minTV-PG
After years of dedication to Rome, Britain stopped being a Catholic country in just three generations. As Simon Schama discovers, Henry VIII's passion for Anne Boleyn set in motion a tidal wave of religious upheaval that would claim the lives of thousands. Although Henry himself remained a Catholic all his life, his son Edward VI, a Protestant by conviction, made sure there would be no going back.
