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"I think 'sociopath' is a good description of Henry."

I'm not sure what the right "clinical" term would be - except maybe narcisstic disorder (and I know a lot of people who have it). I thought sociopath, but then that personality is unable to bond with any people including of their own sex, and Henry did have close friends (like Brandon) who faced his wrath but were forgiven...There was one man at our nursing home who had a brain injury and I was at my wits end because he just did not care what he did to people - throwing things, screaming and yelling at the little old ladies, etc. I asked to talk to his psychotherapist and she enlightened me that some people with brain injury - depending on where it is - actually lack the empathy part and are unable to care about anyone else. There have been recent studies done with advanced brain imaging which point out tendencies in schizophrenics being unable to do multiple tasks, etc., etc. I'm not attributing this to Henry. But I wonder how much of his behavior was due to physical or psychological causes, his upbringing, his isolation from "normal" people because of his position, whether he could really cope with the tremendous pressure of being a good King. He also had real spiritual crises. It would be fascinating to have an expert in the field do a case history study on Henry and find out what that person came up with.

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"I think they were both instrumental in their own unique ways, afterall, Cromwell was a very important figure in the rise of Presbyterianism. And wasn't Sir Thomas More made a saint for basically choosing to die for his beliefs, rather than accept the Act of Supremacy?"

Yes, More is now St. Thomas More in the Roman Catholic Church.
it was John Knox a Scottish clergyman who was responsible for the rise of Presbyterianism.
Cromwell was of Protestant sympatthies, although under Henry, he had to act like a good English Catholic.

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