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31 mag 2024 · Thomas Cromwell (/ ˈ k r ɒ m w əl,-w ɛ l /; c. 1485 – 28 July 1540), briefly Earl of Essex, was an English statesman and lawyer who served as chief minister to King Henry VIII from 1534 to 1540, when he was beheaded on orders of the king, who later blamed false charges for the execution.
24 mag 2024 · Il protagonista è Thomas Cromwell, in quell’epoca segretario particolare, magistrato responsabile degli archivi dell’Alta Corte di giustizia, Lord custode del Sigillo privato, vicereggente degli Affari spirituali, con il potere di intervenire sulla soppressione degli ordini monastici e l’incameramento dei beni della chiesa, i cui ...
24 mag 2024 · From the son of a lowly blacksmith to one of the most powerful figures in Tudor history, his meteoric rise and spectacular fall are revealed. BBC Select is the home for documentaries. Available in...
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30 mag 2024 · Last week’s Folger Mystery shared two letters signed by Thomas Cromwell that contain the same text. I wondered: why do two versions survive? We only had two nibbles, one suggesting that an unruly cat might have forced the rewrite, another pointing out the lack of the word “loving” in one of the subscriptions.
18 mag 2024 · These personal echoes continue: Cromwell as a patron has a “distinctly soft spot for wild young men”; MacCulloch's Cromwell, like Mantel’s, combines ruthless ambition with sincere faith and loyalty to Wolsey, and is happy when “a personal moral crusade meshed conveniently with harassing his political rival.”
30 mag 2024 · It was granted to Thomas Cromwell in 1540, and to Anne of Cleves in 1541 in consideration of her willingness to remain in England and renounce her marriage to the king. On Anne's death in 1557 the manor reverted to the Crown.
25 mag 2024 · Thomas Cromwell, the influential chief minister to King Henry VIII, is a figure who has captured the imagination of historians and the public alike. Known for his pivotal role in the English Reformation and his close relationship with the king, Cromwell‘s public life has been the subject of extensive research and popular depictions ...
