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242 Anne and Thomas
Season 5 Episode 47
Anne arrived in England to be greeted by 6 burly disguised middle aged men. 1540 was a year neither Anne of Cleves nor Thomas Cromwell were to rememb…
8 years, 3 months ago
241 The Illness of King Henry
Season 5 Episode 46
Henry's attitude to illness, and possible medical explanations for his character and events of his realm. And a negotiation starts for a new wife.
Ho…
8 years, 3 months ago
240 Henry VIII in Ireland and Wales
Season 5 Episode 45
The 1530's saw radical changes in both Ireland and Wales, following Cromwell's same policy as applied to the northern borders. The outcomes though, w…
8 years, 3 months ago
239 Henry VIII and his Realm
Season 5 Episode 44
Henry wanted a different relationship with his nobility - a service, court based nobility. Royal power meanwhile must be extended and enhanced. Today…
8 years, 4 months ago
238 The Fight Back
Season 5 Episode 43
In 1539, Henry became convinced that religious reform was going too far. Cromwell and Cranmer failed to see the signs and during the 1539 the act of …
8 years, 4 months ago
237 Dissolution and Destruction
Season 5 Episode 42
At the start of 1538, the end of monasticism was widely predicted, and by 1540 the larger monasteries were all gone. Along with an assault on the ven…
8 years, 5 months ago
236 The Burning of Derfel Gadarn
Season 5 Episode 41
In 1537 and 1538 the doctrinal debate intensified with the Evangelical cause appeared to advance step by step. Cromwell discredited the monastic move…
8 years, 5 months ago
235 Pilgrimage of Grace II
Season 5 Episode 40
By December 1536 there were 50,000 rebels camped around Pontefract Castle while inside their leader Robert Aske composed a petition of 24 articles, t…
8 years, 5 months ago
234 Pilgrimage of Grace I
Season 5 Episode 39
It is not true to say that Henry died a Catholic without the Pope. The 1530's were a time of increasing doctrinal confusion which together with the a…
8 years, 6 months ago
233 Obedience
Season 5 Episode 38
With Anne's death the traditionalists breathed a heavy sign of relief. now all the bad stuff would stop - evangelical reform would be reversed, Mary …
8 years, 6 months ago