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Thomas Cromwell was one of Henry VIII’s most trusted officials, one of the most important figures in the Reformation, and very controversial to historians. Born in Putney, London, he was the son of a blacksmith and alehouse owner. Little is known about Cromwell’s early life.
17 de mar. de 2015 · Cromwell started to put his own men in positions that broadened his own power base and his status with Henry was such that in July 1536, he was appointed Lord Privy Seal. This has to be seen as another sign of the huge confidence Henry had in Cromwell, as he would never had got this important position if Henry had little faith in him.
16 de mar. de 2015 · Thomas Cromwell served as Henry VIII’s chief minister from 1533 to 1540. Cromwell gained a reputation as an unscrupulous politician who, like Cardinal Wolsey, would do anything to advance himself and the power and wealth of Henry. Thomas Cromwell is most associated with the dissolution of the monasteries and the controversy that surrounded this event. …
12 de set. de 2014 · Thomas Cromwell's career as Henry VIII's chief minister defined one of the most explosive decades in English history. Cromwell is credited with engineering the country's break with Rome, and of masterminding the downfall of Anne Boleyn, before following her to the block a few years later. Tracy Borman traces the highs and lows of Henry's tumultuous relationship with his ruthless fixer...
Thomas Cromwell was one of Henry VIII’s most trusted officials, one of the most important figures in the Reformation, and very controversial to historians. Born in Putney, London, he was the son of a blacksmith and alehouse owner. Little is known about Cromwell’s early life.
Henry and Cromwell brought considerable pressure to bear in trying to persuade More to conform, but when he continued to refuse he was imprisoned in the Tower of London and executed in July 1535. Image: Thomas More bids a final farewell to his daughter, Margaret Roper, outside the Tower of London in 'The Meeting of Thomas More with his daughter ...
1 de dez. de 2008 · Cromwell is often hovering in the background, rather than at the forefront of events. So, when Hutchinson describes the efforts to find a fourth wife for Henry VIII, he struggles to put Cromwell at the centre of the narrative. On other occasions too much agency is attributed to Cromwell.
