Structurally, then the previous paragraph supports Haigh’s argument. I believe Haigh sufficiently evaluates Henry’s ultimatum between keeping Catholicism as the main religion in England, or go against the pope to accomplish marital and political objectives. Haigh concludes that Henry was still a Catholic even to the point of his deathbed “Henry VIII had died a Catholic, though rather a bas Catholic.”
A similar quality of analysis is offered for the Edwardian Reformation. Haigh does not believe the second reformation is the destruction of Catholicism. A prime example is the Earl of Somerset known as Edward Seymour. Haigh argues Somerset implemented the Chantries act in 1547 because of the debts England had incurred from the war in Scotland.