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In what ways was Henry VIII a good king?

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The same is true of Henry VIII, England owes more to the furies, violence and misogyny of Henry VIII than it would to the reign of a good human being. He took England out of the ambit of the Catholic Church, started a top-down revolution with the Dissolution of the Monasteries, as overseen by Thomas Cromwell. read more

I will be arguing that Henry VIII was overall a good king for England. There is lots of controversy surrounding around Henry VIII, and it primarily originates from his six wives and infamous beheading of two of them. I will attempt to show that despite these gruesome events, Henry VIII was overall good for England. read more

The break with Rome arguably gave England a sense of national identity, and Henry’s numerous wives and matrimonial dramas have captured our imaginations. Lauren Mackay is the author of Inside the Tudor Court: Henry VIII and his Six Wives through the Life and Writings of the Spanish Ambassador, Eustace Chapuys (Amberley Publishing). read more

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