As the Reformation gathers pace, Sir Thomas Cromwell becomes more powerful as propagandist-in-chief of a new moral order. Royal confidence has given way to doubt. Henry is haunted by the memory of the executed Thomas More, while Queen Anne Boleyn‘s insecurities border on paranoia. Her husband’s affairs continue and an effort to have her daughter Elizabeth betrothed to a French royal is thwarted when the French King refuses to recognize that the infant Princess is of legitimate birth.
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As the Reformation gathers pace, Sir Thomas Cromwell becomes more powerful as propagandist-in-chief of a new moral order. Royal confidence has given way to doubt. Henry is haunted by the memory of the executed Thomas More, while Queen Anne Boleyn‘s insecurities border on paranoia. Her husband’s affairs continue and an effort to have her daughter Elizabeth betrothed to a French royal is thwarted when the French King refuses to recognize that the infant Princess is of legitimate birth.
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Queen Katherine of Aragon
Katherine left strong impressions on people—so much so that even her enemy, Thomas Cromwell, said ‘If not for her sex, she could have defied all the heroes of History.’
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From of the heartland of Protestantism, Henry’s German fourth wife was picked out for him by Reformation leader Thomas Cromwell.
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