The Dissolution of the Monasteries was more than about pillaging his own country. It was a murderous show of force, with hundreds of rebels killed. One abbot was dragged through the streets by a horse, before having his head cut off and impaled on the abbey gates. This was Henry through and through: a man of unlimited excesses, unstoppable greed and a sociopathic lack of pity, who made his country a place of fear.
As author Robert Wilton puts it, he was "wilfully and capriciously dangerous to everything around him including the country By signing up to our newsletter you accept the terms and conditions and confirm that you have had the opportunity to read our privacy policy.
You can opt out at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in the newsletter. Previous newsletters can be viewed within the newsletter archive. Skip to main content Home Main Menu. Search yesterday. He was appointed as Lord High Chancellor in , and became well-known for how quickly and efficiently he dispatched cases. But if you assign different areas of leadership to people who specialise in those specific areas, you will be more likely to lead your team further forward, faster.
This is a large workforce even by modern standards, and as such, managing the working space of his court was a tricky issue.
Henry had many different palaces over the course of his lifetime, and he was well known for turning them into wonderful places of work and play for his court.
For example, when he moved into York Place, he redesigned and extended the building to include a recreation area, a bowling green, a tennis court, a jousting yard and a cock-fighting pit.
He also built many gigantic kitchens to satisfy his gigantic appetite. Sure, many of these developments may have been selfishly driven. Henry famously went through multiple marriages and multiple daughters in his quest for a male heir to his throne.
Even after Charles signed a treaty with the French, Henry continued the struggle, bankrupting himself in the process. His messy separation with the Catholic Church—and relentless persecution of those who opposed it. After years of trying and failing to get his first marriage annulled, Henry turned to wily adviser Thomas Cromwell. Executions, executions…and more executions.
The 16th-century historian John Stow claimed Henry had some 70, people executed during his reign; though that was an extreme exaggeration, the number surely reached into the hundreds. He inherited a fortune, and lost it all and then some. His inheritance went quickly, and though annual incomes remained steady thanks to rents and dues paid by his subjects, inflation and rising prices made an impact.
He would die in debt. Henry VIII is best known Eleanor of Aquitaine was one of the most powerful and influential figures of the Middle Ages. Inheriting a vast estate at the age of 15 made her the most sought-after bride of her generation. She would eventually become the queen of France, the queen of England and Victoria was queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland — and empress of India — She was the last of the House of Hanover and gave her name to an era, the Victorian Age.
During her reign the English monarchy took on its modern In need of a male heir, he got his marriage to Catherine of Aragon annulled in order to marry the ambitious noblewoman Anne Boleyn, inadvertently starting a revolution in the Live TV. This Day In History. History Vault. Recommended for you.
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