History 2405E Lecture : The Wolsey Years
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Lecture 39 henry viii: the wolsey years. Thomas wolsey and thomas cromwell y bad qualities: totally ruthless and ungrateful to those who have helped him. Ii) y wants honour and glory, wanted to be the new henry v y not keen on saving money like his father y had a very stable childhood unlike his father. Cambridge; great palace builder (e. g. hampton court) y very hard worker: wrote letters, took care of business and manners of state, did most of the work for henry viii y. henry had permission from the pope to marry his brother s widow, now questioning it: political. only had one surviving child, a daughter, mary. only queen regnant england had was matilda (led to 19 years of civil war) has an illegitimate son, henry fitzroy (fitz illegitimate, roy king: personal. fell in love with anne boleyn; she wanted to be his queen.