Henry had a very bad habit when it came to his friends and loved ones, Anne Boleyn, Thomas More, Catherine Howard, Cromwell, Wolsey, his mother's first cousin Margaret Pole..... With a friend like Henry who needed enemies.
I believe there was no actual evidence of it taking more than one swipe to take his head off. The only people to claim it was botched were many years after the fact and not witnesses at all
@@DBEdwards The odd thing is that charges against him, I believe, included trying to impose protestantism on the state i.e going beyond what Henry wanted. Henry was essentially a catholic who just got rid of the Pope as head of the English church. If Cromwell didn't believe in Protestantism did he just pretend to for political reasons, I wonder, or were the charges wholly false?
Why don’t the Brits rebuild those ruined Abbeys ?? Seems a shame to leave them as shells like that. Think of how magnificent they could be. Look how all the old world artisans and craftspeople came together to rebuild Notre Dame. Certainly the British don’t want to be outdone by the French……………….!
So I started watching this video to learn of the unusual execution technique of Cromwell. I didn’t want the man’s entire history. In typical British fashion this video was far too wordy and extraneous.
This whole thing is a load of tosh. Cromwell was beheaded on Tower Hill, not inside the tower which was used for very special inmates and Cromwell having everything taken from him it was decided he was just an ordinary person.
Henry VIII reminds me very much of Donald Trump. He was clearly paranoid and egotistical and could not abide any opposition to his own opinions. He was descending into lunacy as a result of venerial disease .
Henry had a very bad habit when it came to his friends and loved ones, Anne Boleyn, Thomas More, Catherine Howard, Cromwell, Wolsey, his mother's first cousin Margaret Pole..... With a friend like Henry who needed enemies.
There was a saying in those days. The closer the king the nearer your head is to the block.
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One of very few executions Henry openly regretted.
Henry's other 70,000 were just the cost of business.
Cromwell knew too much and had outlived his usefulness. Not difficult to imagine such an end.
I believe there was no actual evidence of it taking more than one swipe to take his head off. The only people to claim it was botched were many years after the fact and not witnesses at all
What did he mean by the statement that he would die in 'the traditional faith'. He had a good relationship with Princess #mary didn't he?
The man was a covert Roman Catholic at his demise and admitted so despite his agenda as a magistrate for the King promulgating Protestantism.
@@DBEdwards The odd thing is that charges against him, I believe, included trying to impose protestantism on the state i.e going beyond what Henry wanted. Henry was essentially a catholic who just got rid of the Pope as head of the English church. If Cromwell didn't believe in Protestantism did he just pretend to for political reasons, I wonder, or were the charges wholly false?
Some of his enemies put it about that he was a Lutheran. A good excuse for Henry to get rid of him if he needed one.
Why don’t the Brits rebuild those ruined Abbeys ?? Seems a shame to leave them as shells like that. Think of how magnificent they could be. Look how all the old world artisans and craftspeople came together to rebuild Notre Dame. Certainly the British don’t want to be outdone by the French……………….!
So I started watching this video to learn of the unusual execution technique of Cromwell. I didn’t want the man’s entire history. In typical British fashion this video was far too wordy and extraneous.
This whole thing is a load of tosh. Cromwell was beheaded on Tower Hill, not inside the tower which was used for very special inmates and Cromwell having everything taken from him it was decided he was just an ordinary person.
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"Woll-zee"?? It's pronounced "Wool-zee"!
Henry VIII reminds me very much of Donald Trump. He was clearly paranoid and egotistical and could not abide any opposition to his own opinions. He was descending into lunacy as a result of venerial disease .