Henry viii's motive for conflict with the Catholic Church

Henry VIII wanted to divorce Catherine of Aragon after she failed to produce a male heir and he wanted to marry Anne Boleyn next but the pope refused to annul the marriage to Catherine of Aragon.

well the fact it is basically a peninsula allowed trade to come from many places, thus allowing cultural diffusion to take place. india has seasonal monsoons that merchants travel back and forth from india using the monsoons wind patterns