Tudors (History of England Vol 2) (80 page)

Read Tudors (History of England Vol 2) Online

Authors: Peter Ackroyd

BOOK: Tudors (History of England Vol 2)

4.72Mb size Format: txt, pdf, ePub

Read Book Download Book

«
1
...
38
...
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
»

4. The Field of the Cloth of Gold – diplomacy at its height.

5. A letter from Henry to his ‘good cardinal’, Thomas Wolsey, when they were still close collaborators.

6. Wolsey in all his glory before his fall.

7. Thomas More, England’s conscience, who incurred the enmity of the king.

8. The king trampling on the pope, an allegorical depiction typical of the times.

9. Unlucky Anne Boleyn, who incurred the wrath of her husband.

10. Thomas Howard, third Duke of Norfolk, a courtier eventually charged with high treason.

11. The martyrdom of the Carthusian friars of Charterhouse. Their bowels were ripped open before their eyes.

12. The Pilgrimage of Grace, a northern rebellion for the sake of the ‘old faith’.

13. Jane Seymour, mother of Edward VI, the only consort of the king who produced a male heir.

14. Bishop Latimer’s arguments against Purgatory, a fiction of the papists. Henry’s own thoughts on the matter are annotated in the margin.

15 Thomas Cromwell in his finery before he, too, was disgraced and killed.

16 Anne of Cleves, the king’s unsuitable bride who survived her husband.

«
1
...
38
...
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
»

Other books

The Viking's Pursuit by Winter, Nikki

Creación by Gore Vidal

The Enchanted April by von Arnim, Elizabeth

The Thirteenth Legion (A James Acton Thriller, #15) (James Acton Thrillers) by J. Robert Kennedy

The Gauntlet by Lindsay McKenna

Fallen (Chronicles Of The Fallen) by Morgan, Julie

Dragon Bones And Tombstones (Book 2) by Craig Halloran

Sweet Affection (Truth Book 3) by Henderson, Grace

The Master of Phoenix Hall by Jennifer Wilde

Poseidia by J.L. Imhoff