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Hace 4 días · Born around 1485 to a working-class family in Putney, Cromwell rose from humble beginnings to become one of the most powerful men in England. He entered the service of Cardinal Thomas Wolsey in the 1520s and, after Wolsey‘s fall from grace, managed to secure a position in the court of Henry VIII.
Hace 22 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 5 días · Watch 'Thomas Cromwell: A Very Modern Tudor' on BBC Select: https://bit.ly/3UHmSqu His life made gripping reading for millions through Hilary Mantel’s bestselling novel Wolf Hall. But who was...
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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 5 días · Paradoxically, Little concludes with the argument that Oliver’s ‘dynastic ambitions’ could themselves be seen in providential terms (pp. 28–9), although nowhere does Cromwell provide evidence that this was his reading of God’s will for his family.
Thomas Cromwell would be pleased that one of his descendants became an important historical figure and perhaps take some pleasure in the fact that Oliver Cromwell successfully challenged and overthrew Charles I, who was descended from the Tudors. He’d also appreciate that the younger Cromwell was ruthlessly ambitious and a learned man. 3. Reply.
Hace 3 días · On this day in Tudor history, 26th May, Henry VIII and Charles V met at Dover Castle; Henry VIII's eldest daughter, Mary, wrote to Cromwell asking him to intercede with her father on her behalf; and Barbara Sidney (née Gamage), Countess of Leicester, was buried at Penshurst...
