The nasty Henry 8th

[Diciple]

Watching "Wolf Hall" I was surprised how nice Thomas Cromwell. Being a Cromwell I expected him to be nasty and a bully. henry of course was rightly portrayed as a nasty bully. it made me do some research and found out how nasty Henry was. He is reported by some historian's to have be-headed over 70,000 people, how disgusting can you get? As he got older illness took over and it was at this time he appears to have sentenced more people to death than usual. He began as head of the Catholic Church and then became head of the Protestant Church. Why did a king and prominent Churchman kill so many people. It makes me also think of Oliver Cromwell who was supposed to be a Puritan, a Christian. Christians are not supposed to kill. I know King's were that time an exception to the rule as the run the country completely. The had the right to sentence to death extreme criminals as we know but I am sure most people will ask why did he sentence to death so many?

 

[Douger]

Hey that's the first I've heard of that show. Sounds interesting.

 

[revanneosl]

The book is amazing, and if you like audio books, Simon Slater's performance is the best I've ever heard.