Henry VIII
Ashleigh Robertson
Royal Families and Rulers — English — eBooks Book 7 · Ashleigh Robertson
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Henry VIII is a narrative biography of the Tudor king who ruled England from 1509 to 1547. Born the second son of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York, he unexpectedly became heir after the death of his elder brother Arthur and succeeded to the throne at seventeen as a handsome, athletic Renaissance prince. The book traces his early years of martial glory, courtly splendour, and the rise of Cardinal Wolsey; his desperate pursuit of a male heir that led to the King’s Great Matter, the annulment of his marriage to Catherine of Aragon, and marriage to Anne Boleyn; and the consequent break with Rome that established the royal supremacy and the English Reformation. It covers the dissolution of the monasteries, the Pilgrimage of Grace, the births of Mary, Elizabeth, and Edward, the executions of Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard, and the later marriages to Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, and Catherine Parr. The narrative follows Henry’s physical decline, renewed wars, and death in 1547, then examines the lasting legacy of a more centralised monarchy, a national church, and a transformed landowning class—while noting the unstable religious inheritance that his three children would each interpret differently.
Henry VIII is a narrative biography of the Tudor king who ruled England from 1509 to 1547. Born the second son of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York, he unexpectedly became heir after the death of his elder brother Arthur and succeeded to the throne at seventeen as a handsome, athletic Renaissance p...
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