Discussion: MY IDOL, HENRY THE EIGHTH

"HENRY IS MISUNDERSTOOD IN OUR WORLD. WE SHOULD THINK LIKE HE DID IN HIS TIME.HE WAS ALWAYS WORRIED THAT SOME COUNTRY OR SOMEBODY WOULD TAKE HIS CROWN. PEOPLE CALL HIM A TYRANT, I CALL HIM A FIGHTER. EVEN THOUGH I DISAGREE IN SOME OF THE THINGS HE HAVE DONE, I UNDERSTAND WHY HE DID THEM..WE DONT UNDERSTAND HOW THINGS WERE LIKE BACK THEM. WE WERENT THERE . GIVE THIS MAN THE BENIFIT OF THE DOUBT. YES HE IS MY IDOL BECAUSE HE GAVE US HISTORY THAT WE ENJOY AND WITHOUT HIM THERE WILL BE NO TUDOR HISTORY/"

"What can I say? Love ya! Yay passion! XO p.s. Anne of Cleves - is she your female idol? She is way up there with me..."

"HENRY IS MISUNDERSTOOD IN OUR WORLD. WE SHOULD THINK LIKE HE DID IN HIS TIME.HE WAS ALWAYS WORRIED THAT SOME COUNTRY OR SOMEBODY WOULD TAKE HIS CROWN. PEOPLE CALL HIM A TYRANT, I CALL HIM A FIGHTER. EVEN THOUGH I DISAGREE IN SOME OF THE THINGS HE HAVE DONE, I UNDERSTAND WHY HE DID THEM..WE DONT UNDERSTAND HOW THINGS WERE LIKE BACK THEM. WE WERENT THERE . GIVE THIS MAN THE BENIFIT OF THE DOUBT. "

"I agree with you on that one LadyJane. Especially not understanding how things were like back then; and NO that is not an excuse before it's said. But obviously I still don't agree with some of the things he did. "

"If Henry married for the sake of politics and not for love, he would have been a far more successful King, he was the only monarch at that time in history that married women he loved (for a time anyway!) and lusted after (until he married them!), if he had followed the example of Charles the Emperor of Spain, and Francis I of France, he would have been far more prosperous. However, he didn't, and a lot of the good decisions he made are overlooked because of his six wives, two of which were beheaded, and his daughters, both were emotionally scarred for life due to the decisions their father made, and the disposals of both their mothers, Henry's decision yet again, frankly i'm surprised he isn't referred to as a dictator, but then again, different time i suppose. This is as best a defense as i can give for Henry!"

"All I have to say to this, think about his time period is, that no other king not Francis or Charles murdered their wives. Only other monarch I can think who did that is Ivan the Terrible. So even then it was not the norm nor accepted. That's all Im done, continue the Henry Love"

"Can't agree with calling Henry a dictator, not many people can be equal in that respect. Hitler was a whole different ball game."

"I think most historians think he had his good points....even the encyclopedia brittannica says :

Henry VIII built upon the innovations instituted by his father. The break with Rome, coupled with an increase in governmental bureaucracy, led to the royal supremacy that would last until the execution of Charles I and the establishment of the Commonwealth one hundred years after Henry's death. Henry was beloved by his subjects, facing only one major insurrection, the Pilgrimage of Grace, enacted by the northernmost counties in retaliation to the break with Rome and the poor economic state of the region. History remembers Henry in much the same way as Piero Pasqualigo, a Venetian ambassador: "... he is in every respect a most accomplished prince."

Everyone has their opinions :)"