had his two nephews murdered. In the long run this led to Henry Tudor gaining support from nobles and foreign powers. This ultimately lead to York dynasty ending prematurely, even though Henry actually had to defend his throne against Yorkist malcontents at Stoke in 1487, and the Yorkists did remain a long term issue up until the death of Cardinal Pole in 15582. Polydore Vergils ‘Anglica Historia’ was commissioned during the reign of Henry Tudor, possibly as early as 15053. Vergil was an Italian
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Wolsey helped Henry with his aim to foreign policy because he was intelligent. He seized the opportunity to keep England maintained the dominance that could arrange matters in Europe. However, he was not born to be a powerful diplomat. During 1512-1514, the First French War, Wolsey gained his first experience of diplomacy. Since he is only a diplomatic apprentice, he was not very successful at the beginning. But the king Henry VIII did not make him a scapegoat for England’s military failure. In
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Queen Elizabeth, did not get a long that well. Mary was born into the throne. She was the only surviving legitimate child of King James V of Scotland. Given Mary's age, her great uncle, Henry VIII, made a bid for control, but her mother ended up acting as regent on Mary's behalf. Mary was initially betrothed to Henry VIII's son, Prince Edward
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“Henry VII’s sole achievement was to pass on the throne peacefully to his son.’ To what extent is this a fair assessment of Henry’s reign? One of Henry VII’s main achievements was creating the Tudor Dynasty. He then secured it by marrying Elizabeth of York, Edward IV’s daughter. By marrying Elizabeth of York, Henry had united the houses of Lancaster and York. Another way that Henry secured his throne was saving as much money as possible. He established a sense of economic order in the kingdom, which
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Although Henry VIII was widely acclaimed to have been ‘reckless’ as quoted by some historians when it came to foreign adventures, I believe that Henry’s foreign policy could not be entirely labelled as a disaster. I am of the opinion that a number of Henry’s early foreign affairs certainly ended up being failures, however a few events would be more suited to being labelled as a success. It is clear to see that at the inception of his reign, Henry VIII believed it was his chivalric duty to wage war
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as a serious man of science | | | | | * Question 3 4 out of 4 points | | | Why did Henry VIII break away from Rome and start his own Church of England? | | | | | Selected Answer: | To annul his marriage to Katherine of Aragon | Correct Answer: | To annul his marriage to Katherine of Aragon | | | | | * Question 4 4 out of 4 points | | | Why did Henry VIII write a tract condemning Luther and his religious reforms? | | | | | Selected Answer: | To earn
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different light, describing him as “thoughtful and ...extremely just”. Source V gives a less clear picture. Although Dawson describes Wolsey’s domestic policies as disappointing, with the benefit of hindsight he is able to also evaluate the role of Henry VIII in there failure. When evaluating Wolsey’s policies you have to consider not only if they were disappointing but also why they would be considered failures - it may be down the policies unpopularity rather than there actual failure. Source T
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beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived” which is used to remember the fates of King Henry VIII’s six wives. In Sarah’s childhood she used to play a game with her older brother Terry and two other kids from the neighbourhood, Molly and Johnny, where they had to play King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn (King Henry VIII’s third wife). Anne Boleyn was the first wife who was executed wife out of two, out of King Henry VIII’s six wives so when game went on, someone had to behead the one who played Anne.
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supplying the troops was a significant problem for Henry in the French War of 1513? Explain using sources 1, 2 and 3. These sources all agree to an extent that supplying the troops for the French War was a significant problem for Henry, whether it was because he couldn’t transport the large scale of his troops, support them with necessary victuals or he had been over ambitious about the whole campaign. All sources give sufficient evidence that Henry and Wolsey physically couldn’t provide for England’s
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England (Mary Tudor Biography).” “She was the only child of King Henry VIII and his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, to survive through childhood (Mary Tudor Biography).” But little did she know would she end up having quite an abundance in mothers. In 1525, her dad sent her away while he tried to set up a marriage for her (Mary Tudor Biography). Although she was not happy she still went to Wales to make her dad not disown her.“By 1533, Henry had declared his marriage to Catherine annulled and married
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