It’s dark days for Tudor England. The mysterious sweating sickness which is almost always fatal to those who catch it, runs rampant. A food shortage adds to the suffering. Henry‘s natural optimism and energy take a beating as the King’s confidence gives way to doubt and delusions. But after darkness comes light. The plague begins to disappear and the King receives news that his mistress, Anne Boleyn, has miraculously survived. Even better, an envoy of Pope Clement is on his way to England to finally convene a court, which will decide on Henry’s request for a divorce.
The ambitious politician Otto Truchsess von Waldburg was an imperial councilor who, as a Cardinal of the Catholic Church, strongly opposed the Protestant Reformation.
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It’s dark days for Tudor England. The mysterious sweating sickness which is almost always fatal to those who catch it, runs rampant. A food shortage adds to the suffering. Henry‘s natural optimism and energy take a beating as the King’s confidence gives way to doubt and delusions. But after darkness comes light. The plague begins to disappear and the King receives news that his mistress, Anne Boleyn, has miraculously survived. Even better, an envoy of Pope Clement is on his way to England to finally convene a court, which will decide on Henry’s request for a divorce.
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The ambitious politician Otto Truchsess von Waldburg was an imperial councilor who, as a Cardinal of the Catholic Church, strongly opposed the Protestant Reformation.
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