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13 de set. de 2018 · Thomas Cromwell: A Life, by Diarmaid MacCulloch, Allen Lane, RRP£30, 728 pages. Join our online book group on Facebook at FTBooksCafe. Subscribe to FT Life on YouTube for the latest FT Weekend ...
Thomas Cromwell, earl of Essex, (born c. 1485, Putney, near London, Eng.—died July 28, 1540, probably London), English politician and principal adviser (1532–40) to Henry VIII. He was a confidential adviser to Thomas, Cardinal Wolsey , before entering Parliament (1529), where his abilities attracted the king’s notice.
Oliver Cromwell (25 April 1599 – 3 September 1658) was an English statesman, politician, and soldier, widely regarded as one of the most important figures in the history of the British Isles. He came to prominence during the 1639 to 1653 Wars of the Three Kingdoms, initially as a senior commander in the Parliamentarian army and latterly as a ...
12 de dez. de 2018 · Thomas Cromwell was born, about 1485, the son of an upwardly mobile yeoman who settled in Putney outside London as a brewer and tavern-keeper. These low origins and years in Europe as a young adult shaped both Thomas and his career. He gained an easy familiarity with continental languages that would serve him well when the king’s business ...
14 de abr. de 2020 · Tracy Borman explores the downfall of Thomas Cromwell. By 1539–40 Cromwell was increasingly unwell and his political judgment faltered, giving his enemies the opportunity that they had lacked in his brief period of unrivalled power just a couple of years earlier. Cromwell made four terrible mistakes in his last year of life.
Definition. Thomas Cromwell (l. c. 1485-1540 CE) served as chief minister to Henry VIII of England (r. 1509-1547 CE) from 1532 to 1540 CE. With his king and the Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer (in office 1533-55 CE), Cromwell masterminded the English Reformation which saw the Church in England break away from the Pope in Rome and such momentous acts as the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
Thomas Cromwell (Putney, oko 1485. – vjerojatno London, 28. srpnja 1540. ), bio je engleski državnik i odvjetnik. Bio je sin kovača, krupan bik od čovjeka, s crnom kosom i malim očima. Bio je osoba sa zloglasnom karijerom plaćenika u Italiji, gdje je vjerojatno naučiti cijeniti makijavelistički ideal političke svrhovitosti .
