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Hace 4 días · 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.
Hace 5 días · Posted May 30, 2024. Author. Heather Wolfe. Folger Mysteries. Folger Collections. Manuscripts. Last week’s Folger Mystery shared two letters signed by Thomas Cromwell that contain the same text. I wondered: why do two versions survive?
Hace 1 día · Cromwell Refusing the Crown of England (1859), engraving after a painting by TH Maguire Credit: Hulton Archive “The great want is money, which puts us to the wall in all our business.” So ...
Hace 4 días · The story of Cromwell, Henry and his wives is about power politics and religious strife, but also about shame and sexual desire and the mysterious destabilising power of femininity.
Hace 3 días · This dilemma has lurked behind Cromwell studies for the last decade or so. There has been a growing sense that the biographies based on his letters and speeches, of which there have been some outstanding examples in the last 20 years, have exhausted the possibilities and share too much common ground. In particular, there has appeared to be the establishment of a (not exactly cosy) consensus ...
Hace 3 días · Gregory's father Thomas Cromwell rose from obscurity to become the chief minister of Henry VIII, who attempted to modernize government at the expense of the privileges of the nobility and church. He used his office to promote religious reform and was one of the strongest advocates of the English Reformation. [8] [9] [10]
Hace 1 día · Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII, Volume 7, 1534. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1883.
