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Cardinal Thomas Wolsey. Published 6th March 2015. Thomas Wolsey was the last, and perhaps the most powerful, of the great mediaeval prelates to hold high office in England.He was famous for his administrative ability, his skill in foreign affairs and his closeness to his master, Henry VIII. He was also notorious for pride, arrogance and ...
Thomas Wolsey (Ipswich, marzo 1471 – Leicester, 29 novembre 1530) è stato un cardinale e arcivescovo cattolico inglese. Fu anche un potente uomo di Stato, ricoprendo l'incarico di Lord cancelliere .
2 de mar. de 2015 · Thomas Wolsey was born in Ipswich, c1475. His beginnings were not auspicious. After he rose to power, jealous courtiers claimed his father had been a butcher; Wolsey’s own servant and eventual biographer, George Cavendish, said merely that Wolsey was “an honest poor man’s son.”. Whatever the truth of his father’s work, they were a ...
Thomas Wolsey (1473-1530) remains one of the most intriguing, charismatic figures of the entire Tudor period. In an age where the 'Great Chain of Being' encouraged people to believe that every man had his place and should not depart from it, Wolsey showed that it was possible for a butcher's son from Ipswich to become the key figure in both Church (as a Cardinal and Archbishop of York) and ...
Alma mater. Magdalen College, Oxford. Coat of arms. Thomas Wolsey (born between 1471 and 1476 at Ipswich, Suffolk; died 29 November 1530) was an English statesman and archbishop. He was made a cardinal in 1515. Of humble origin, Thomas Wolsey became the principal figure in affairs of state for many years during the reign of King Henry VIII of ...
Includes the Catholic Encyclopedia, Church Fathers, Summa, Bible and more — all for only $19.99... Cardinal, Archbishop of York, b. at Ipswitch, the usually accepted date, 1471, being probably three or four years too early; d. at Leicester Abbey, 29 November, 1530. His father, Robert Wulcy (or Wolsey), was a man of substance, owning property ...
Thomas Wolsey was born in Ipswich around 1471. Often described as a butcher’s son, his origins were undoubtedly modest. 1 He graduated from Magdalene College, Oxford, in 1486, but he was not ordained until 1498. He seems at first to have set his sights on a career in the church and began studying for a degree in theology.
