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Hace 20 horas · Thomas Cromwell ( / ˈkrɒmwəl, - wɛl /; [1] [a] c. 1485 – 28 July 1540), briefly Earl of Essex, was an English statesman and lawyer who served as chief minister to King Henry VIII from 1534 to 1540, when he was beheaded on orders of the king, who later blamed false charges for the execution. Cromwell was one of the most powerful proponents ...
Hace 4 días · Henry Cromwell (1538-1592) Henry Cromwell, the eldest grandson of Thomas Cromwell, inherited the title of Baron Cromwell in 1551. He served as a Member of Parliament and married Mary, the daughter of John Paulet, 2nd Marquess of Winchester. Their only child, Edward, would go on to become the 3rd Baron Cromwell. Henry‘s life was not without ...
Hace 1 día · BBC Select: Thomas Cromwell (1485-1540) is the subject of a BBC documentary. “His life made gripping reading for millions through Hilary Mantel’s bestselling novel Wolf Hall. But who was the real Thomas Cromwell? Historian Tracy Borman presents this two-part documentary which focuses on King Henry VIII’s chief minister.
Hace 4 días · Thomas Cromwell is a good subject for fact and fiction. He was and remains somewhat of an enigma both as a visionary for government efficiency and as an ambitious ‘new man’ rising from the obscurity of a blacksmith’s son to perhaps the most powerful man in England save his king, Henry VIII.
Hace 1 día · Anne, volatile and desperate as she watches Henry’s dissatisfaction grow, similarly lashes out, aiming to topple Cromwell. One of them must go, and Cromwell, by chance as much as skill, happens to be the last man standing. When Cromwell comes with an entourage to take Anne to the Tower, she greets him as “the man [she] created”.
Hace 2 días · Cromwell replied he believed that it was so, but made no answer to Chapuys' suggestion about Milan. Is sure he himself is in earnest about this affair, and has already passed many sleepless nights and borne a thousand reproaches on account of it. London, 11 Oct. 1538. French, from a 31S. at Vienna.
Hace 3 días · Sends his servant to learn his pleasure in that which Cromwell desires him to accomplish. If anyone should complain that the law is unjust, although many escape notwithstanding their abominable lives, begs Cromwell will not hear them until Becansaw has had opportunity of answering their complaints.
