King Henry VIII - Historical profile

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Change: Henry's Psalter[Source: British Library online]Written and illuminated in 1540 by an emigré from the court of the French king Francis I, King Henry VIII’s Psalter is Jean Mallard’sMallard’s most lavish production.It contains numerous decorated initials, as well as   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 2528)

Change: It contains numerous decorated initials, as well as eight larger illuminations that allude to the text of the Psalter they illustrate. Several link Henry visually   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 2522)

Change: "Henry VIII" by Lucy Wooding "Reform and Reformation: England, 1509-1558" by Geoffrey R. Elton "The Six Wives of Henry VIII" by Antonia Fraser 'The Tudors and Stuarts" by John Guy and John Morrill "The Tudor Monarchy" ed. John Guy "Cardinal Wolsey" by John Guy "Tudor England" by John Guy 'The   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 2339)

Change: alsoalso: King Henry VIII's contemporary portraits page Contemporary painting of Henry with his Jester, Will SomersHenry's 'Navy'Along with Alfred the Great, Henry is traditionally called one of the founders of the Royal Navy. There are good reasons for this   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 2330)

Change: nearly 38 years from April 23, 1509 (aged 18) until his death January 28, 1547 Click EasyEdit to update this page! (Don't see the EasyEdit button above?Sign in or Sign up.) -The Venetian ambassador, Sebastian Giustiniani, described Henry in 1519 as: 'extremely handsome. Nature could   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 2130)

Change: "His fingers were one mass of jewelled rings, and around his neck he wore a gold collar from which hung a diamond as big as a walnut. His clothes were magnificent to match, sumptious silks, cloth of gold, satins, coloured feathers and of course jewells and precious metals sprinked everywhere."   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 2111)

Change: contemporary'scontemporaries said he was "one of the goodliest men that lived in his time, in manners more than a man, most amiable, courteous and benign in gesture unto all "-"His Majesty is the handsomest potentate I ever set eyes on; above the usual height, with an extremely   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 2028)

Change: D.Starkey - Henry's Love Letters to Anne D.Starkey - Henry breaks from Rome & marries Anne Boleyn *For a Full Biography of Henry VIII (BBC) Click here Read some of Henry VIII's poetry here Henry VIII's love letters to Anne Boleyn LITERATURE:Non-Fiction: "Reform and Reformation: England,   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 1985)

Change: Click here for more on the Tudor Navy. Mary Rose Henry named all his ships after the women in his life including Mary Boleyn and Anne BoleynThe Mary Rose, his favourite, was also thought to have been named after his younger sister, Mary Tudor. The Jewel Anne Boleyn   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 3251)