Personal and political allegiances continue to change in Henry‘s court. The King grows ever more confident in his role as monarch and more enamored of the young Anne Boleyn. Despite Cardinal Wolsey‘s influence and efforts—and much to the frustration of the King—the Catholic Church seems unable to make progress in Henry’s petition for a divorce. This adds to the growing discomfort of the increasingly vulnerable Wolsey.
At the court of Henry VII the young orphan became a page to two-year-old Prince Henry, and a close friendship was forged that continued long after the Prince became King.
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Personal and political allegiances continue to change in Henry‘s court. The King grows ever more confident in his role as monarch and more enamored of the young Anne Boleyn. Despite Cardinal Wolsey‘s influence and efforts—and much to the frustration of the King—the Catholic Church seems unable to make progress in Henry’s petition for a divorce. This adds to the growing discomfort of the increasingly vulnerable Wolsey.
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Sir Thomas Boleyn
A supremely selfish but brilliant political man, Thomas Boleyn knew of the King’s appetites, so he offered him his daughters.
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Cardinal Wolsey was King Henry’s cunning and imperious chancellor whose friendship was tested time and time again.
MoreWilliam Compton
At the court of Henry VII the young orphan became a page to two-year-old Prince Henry, and a close friendship was forged that continued long after the Prince became King.
MoreKatherine Howard
Henry’s fifth and youngest wife was vivacious and impressionable, a first cousin of Anne Boleyn.
MoreThomas Culpepper
Described as ‘a beautiful youth,’ he became Queen Katherine Howard’s lover.
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