Henry VIII - Breach with Rome: Action called for a revolution, and the revolution required a man who could conceive and execute it. That man was Thomas Cromwell, who, in April 1532, won control of the council and thereafter remained in command for some e
The son of Henry VII of England and Elizabeth York, Henry VIII was one of six children, only four of whom survived: Arthur, Margaret and Mary. As a young man and monarch, second in the Tudor Dynasty, Henry VIII exuded a charismatic athleticism and diverse appetite for art, music and ...
Henry VIII, the notorious English monarch with a tumultuous personal life and political reign, forever changed England’s history through his break from Rome and establishment of the Church of England.
inIrelandand had a powerful ally in Richard III’s sisterMargaret, dowager duchess of Burgundy. All the powers of Europe doubted Henry’s ability to survive, and most were willing to shelter claimants against him. Hence, the king was plagued withconspiraciesuntil nearly the end of his reign....
Upon the death of Frederick the Warlike, the Babenberg domains became the political objects of aspiring neighbours. The emperor and the pope also tried to intervene. Two female descendants of the Babenbergs, Frederick’s niece Gertrude and his sister Margaret, were considered to embody the claims...
The Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis was to be cemented by the marriages of Henry’s daughter Elizabeth and his sister Margaret toPhilip IIof Spain and toEmmanuel PhilibertofSavoy, respectively. In a tournament during the festivities, Henry was hit in the head by a lance of Gabriel, Count de Montg...