Weir, Alison. The Six Wives of Henry VIII. New York: Grove, 1991. Print. This book emphasizes about the King Henry the VIII’s wife and King Henry VIII. Henry VIII was England’s most infamous monarch when it comes to matters of the heart. He was married to six different extraordinary women, this book is richly detailed meticulously researched history book. Alison explains misunderstood queens and their lives. These queens come to life with this book: Katherine of Aragon, was stubborn and devoutly catholic; Anne Boleyn was proud and fiercely ambitious; Jane Seymour was deceptively strong -willed woman; Anne of Cleves, was unappealing and uncomplaining; Katherine Howard, was young and foolish, Catherine Parr was brave, practical,
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The people of England starts to fear what happens if the king dies without a male heir, and if he does the country could be destroyed by civil war. Henry the VIII wants to annul his marriage of twenty years and marry Anne Boleyn. What Henry really has aginst to Katherine that she hasn’t produced a son. Henry also claims that she was not a virgin when they got married this claim was simply to accuse to dismiss her. Wolsey pleads Henry’s case to the pope in Rome, but so far he had no success and Henry starts to grow impatient. After pope’s decision that says that this marriage can't be annulled Henry starts to open his own Church. By creating his own church he is able to annul his own marriage and he is the leader of the church. The people of England and the most of the Europe opposes him because it doesn't seem ethical to many people and it is against to Christianity because in Christianity the marriage is very important. Wolf Hall is a sympathetic fictionalized biography documenting the rapid rise to power of Thomas Cromwell in the court of Henry VIII through to the death of Thomas …show more content…
It is biography at its most enthralling and history at its most comprehensive, Smith write with fire and imagination.
Williams, Neville. Henry VIII and His Court. New York: Macmillan, 1971. Print.
In 16th century kingship in England had reached a strong power and authority. Henry VIII was more than an absolute political head of the state and he became the head of supreme of the church and therefore the spiritual as well as a temporal ruler. This situation mirrored in the royal court. The court encompassed the king's private household as well as all his machinery of public government. Thus the study of court life during Henry’s reign reveals not only the personality of the king and his circle of family and friends. His household saw six queens.
Henry became a great patron of the arts, attracting to his service such man of genius. Above all Henry Tudor, the most English of kings remains the central figure of the study. His daily life, and those of his family, friends and courtiers are vividly recreated and illustrated both in color and in black and white. Bruce, Marie Louise. The Making of Henry VIII. Washington, D.C.: NLS, 1980.
The people of England starts to fear what happens if the king dies without a male heir, and if he does the country could be destroyed by civil war. Henry the VIII wants to annul his marriage of twenty years and marry Anne Boleyn. What Henry really has aginst to Katherine that she hasn’t produced a son. Henry also claims that she was not a virgin when they got married this claim was simply to accuse to dismiss her. Wolsey pleads Henry’s case to the pope in Rome, but so far he had no success and Henry starts to grow impatient. After pope’s decision that says that this marriage can't be annulled Henry starts to open his own Church. By creating his own church he is able to annul his own marriage and he is the leader of the church. The people of England and the most of the Europe opposes him because it doesn't seem ethical to many people and it is against to Christianity because in Christianity the marriage is very important. Wolf Hall is a sympathetic fictionalized biography documenting the rapid rise to power of Thomas Cromwell in the court of Henry VIII through to the death of Thomas …show more content…
It is biography at its most enthralling and history at its most comprehensive, Smith write with fire and imagination.
Williams, Neville. Henry VIII and His Court. New York: Macmillan, 1971. Print.
In 16th century kingship in England had reached a strong power and authority. Henry VIII was more than an absolute political head of the state and he became the head of supreme of the church and therefore the spiritual as well as a temporal ruler. This situation mirrored in the royal court. The court encompassed the king's private household as well as all his machinery of public government. Thus the study of court life during Henry’s reign reveals not only the personality of the king and his circle of family and friends. His household saw six queens.
Henry became a great patron of the arts, attracting to his service such man of genius. Above all Henry Tudor, the most English of kings remains the central figure of the study. His daily life, and those of his family, friends and courtiers are vividly recreated and illustrated both in color and in black and white. Bruce, Marie Louise. The Making of Henry VIII. Washington, D.C.: NLS, 1980.