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Hace 5 días · Moreover, much like his mentor Cardinal Thomas Wolsey – the son of an Ipswich butcher – Cromwell’s descent was as spectacular and dramatic as his climb.
Hace 3 días · Court of Star Chamber & its archives. "Star Chamber, named after the star-spangled ceiling of the room where it met in the old palace of Westminster, was effectively the judicial arm of the King’s Council. It became a separate court of law after 1485, but was abolished in 1641. Its judges were normally privy councillors and the judges of the ...
- Elizabeth Wells
- 2010
Hace 4 días · Thomas Cromwell (/ ˈ k r ɒ m w əl,-w ɛ l /; 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.
- Gregory Cromwell, 1st Baron Cromwell, Anne Cromwell, Grace Cromwell, Jane Cromwell
- Robert Radcliffe, 1st Earl of Sussex
Hace 2 días · Sam Neill portrayed Cardinal Thomas Wolsey in The Tudors. Cardinal Wolsey was a key figure in Henry VIII's court, serving as his chief advisor and diplomat. Neill's performance showcased the political cunning and ambition of Wolsey, as well as his eventual downfall.
Hace 4 días · I also enjoyed the biography's occasional moments of pure historian snark: one source, Alexander Alesius, can only be considered a reliable witness “after discounting his assumption that the history of early Tudor England revolved around himself”, while Charles Brandon “lacked the administrative abilities required for celebrations in a brewery, let alone governing a kingdom”. 2 ...
Hace 2 días · Sir Thomas More PC (7 February 1478 – 6 July 1535), venerated in the Catholic Church as Saint Thomas More, was an English lawyer, judge, social philosopher, author, statesman, amateur theologian, and noted Renaissance humanist.
Hace 5 días · St. John Fisher, the Martyr Overshadowed by St. Thomas More Hans Holbein the Younger (1497-1543), “John Fisher” (photo: Public Domain) On June 22, 1535, St. John Fisher knelt and prayed the Te Deum and Psalm 31, and laid his neck on the executioner’s block. Thomas J. Craughwell, June 22, 2020
