Henry VIII of England

of an ideal nation. His father was Sir John More, a lawyer and judge, and his mother was Agnes. When he was young, More went to Saint Anthony 's school. He was a page for John Morton who was the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Lord Chancellor of England. John Morton liked More, and nominated him to go to Oxford University. Without this nomination, More never would have…

1) Supreme Governor of the Church: When Henry VIII broke away from the Catholic Church, he declared himself to be the Supreme Head of the English Church, and the title was perfectly acceptable for Henry to take because of the gender norms at the time. When Elizabeth takes the throne, she and her Parliament are faced with a dilemma because Elizabeth was a woman who, according to the same gender norms that Henry faced, could not be the head of a Church because to place a woman in a seat of power…

England had many separate areas that had their own rulers and when the country wanted to unite it was extremely difficult. Each individual state wanted their own ruler to be in charge. It was settled through the War of Roses, between York and Lancaster. York won the war and got the crown. Both states were destroyed after the war. Once they were united there as another civil war between King Richard and Henry Tudor, since Richard seemed unfit to rule. Henry Tudor became king and the nation was…

There is a new Queen, who was born among royalty during the year of 1558 in Hatfield, England. She is one of the three surviving children of King Henry VIII and the most unlikely to be next in line for the throne. She would rule during a time period where her Protestant faith would be tested in the highest regard due to her mother and her brother previous rule before her. She never knew her mother, Anne Boylan, for she was beheaded before the people for being “unfaithful” to the king. The main…

noncompliance, though a testament to her genuine devotion, leads to her unwarranted exile: “Here I [Lear] disclaim all my paternal care” (King Lear I.i.114). This rejection of King Lear’s daughter reflects an analogous disregard of Elizabeth I, one of Henry VIII’s finest children: “Her birth was a disappointment to her father” (“Women in Power” 749), and “Statutes declaring . . . Elizabeth illegitimate were already in place” (725). Similar to Cordelia—who is portrayed by Shakespeare as Lear’s…

to become very successful and this potential got him into high positions of power where he served Henry VIII almost like a second King. He was successful in the earlier years, most of his endeavours show a great starting potential but then don't succeed due to a circumstance that should have been forseen but wasn't. The taxation in general was a good idea in order to gain money for the campaign Henry was planning, but as a good advisor Wolsey should have been aware of the already dire financial…

allowed herself to die with her dignity, she is the only person who knew the absolute truth to her story. Anne knew the level of her innocence and the level of her guilt and yet she did not get on her knees before all of England, she simply said her words to the people of England and ended by saying “O Lord have mercy on me, to God I commend my soul. To Jesus Christ I commend my soul; Lord Jesus receive my soul.” Anne’s life ended but her words lived on, the world wants to know the truth. We…

Medieval England, 1502, Prince Author, son of King Henry VII, passed away from an unknown cause before he would be granted king. In his passing he left Catharine of Aragon, of whom he was betrothed at a young age, without a suiter. Next in line, Henry VIII offered to take her hand so as to save both her and his family the trouble of arranging another marriage. It was agreed upon by all parties and approved by the Catholic Church, so the marriage was lawful and true. Years later the now queen…

In 1533 King Henry VIII divorced his first wife Catherine of Aragon after she unable to produce a male heir, their only son dying after only a few months. When his second wife Anne Boleyn was unable to produce a male heir the king had her beheaded. The question lies why did he simply divorce one and behead the other for the same fault. It is my belief that Henry was angry with Anne for not being able to bear a proper heir and his anger grew when she caught him in an affair, with Jane Seymour,…

Thomas More was born in London in 1477 or 1488. Both his parents came from an upwardly mobile merchant 's class. His father, John, became a judge and chose the legal profession for his son. Very little is known of Thomas 's mother, Agnes, who died sometime before 1507. More began his education at St Anthony 's, a leading London school. Then he was sent to serve as a page at Lambeth Palace, the household of John Morton, the archbishop of Canterbury. Morton 's patronage enabled More to spend…