I: First efforts -- Henry's scruple -- Dispensations for Anne -- Pre-trial maneuvers -- The opening of the legatine court -- The charges against the marriage -- The attack on the dispensations -- II: The appeal to Rome -- The advocation -- Nonconsummation: pros and cons -- The trial at the papal court -- III: The king's way -- The search for academic approval -- Further efforts toward consummation -- Annulment and ratification -- Cranmer and the king's conscience -- IV; Aftermath -- The second annulment -- The third annulment.