I have been learning about Henry VIII as part of my history course, and one thing that has attracted my curiosity whilst reading up on Henry's marriages is the question of how people alive at the time would have reacted to Henry's turbulent love life.

A bit of research has yielded that there was a common perception that Anne was a seducer who had led Henry away from a marriage with the virtuous Catherine of Aragon, but I'm more interested in how contemporaries viewed Henry himself for the 6 marriages. Was it seen as excessive on his part or understandable in the circumstances? Were there differences in how it was perceived between the nobility and peasantry? Was anyone critical of him for his number of marriages?

Thanks!