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The Young Henry VIII (to 1527) Henry VII’s End; Henry VIII’s Accession Transition Character of the King Appearance Interests Early Activity France & Scotland Wolsey as Clergyman & Minister Wolsey’s Rise & Role Domestic Policy Wolsey & the Nobility Financial Affairs Foreign Policy Henry VIII, c. 1520; anon.; NPG

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Page 1: The Young Henry VIII (to 1527) Henry VII’s End; Henry VIII’s Accession Transition Character of the King Appearance Interests Early Activity France & Scotland

The Young Henry VIII (to 1527)Henry VII’s End; Henry VIII’s Accession

Transition

Character of the KingAppearanceInterests

Early ActivityFrance & Scotland

Wolsey as Clergyman & MinisterWolsey’s Rise & Role

Domestic PolicyWolsey & the NobilityFinancial Affairs

Foreign PolicyBalance of Powers

Henry VIII, c. 1520; anon.; NPG

Page 2: The Young Henry VIII (to 1527) Henry VII’s End; Henry VIII’s Accession Transition Character of the King Appearance Interests Early Activity France & Scotland

Vivat Rex! (b. 1491, d. 1547)Henry VII’s Last Years

Arthur’s Marriage w/ Katherine, 1501Arthur’s Death

Thereafter

Young Harry’s EducationClassics, History; Grammar, RhetoricLanguages; Ethics; Poetry; MusicHumanist Tradition of More, Erasmus

TransitionFrom D. of York to Prince of Wales, 1502-3

2nd Son to HeirAccession to the Throne, 1509

Peaceful, Rejoicing; Hope, Optimism

Marriage with KatherineContrasting Personalities

Henry VIII (?), c. 1498; attributed to Guido Mazzoni

Page 3: The Young Henry VIII (to 1527) Henry VII’s End; Henry VIII’s Accession Transition Character of the King Appearance Interests Early Activity France & Scotland

Prince Henry’s Cicero

Page 4: The Young Henry VIII (to 1527) Henry VII’s End; Henry VIII’s Accession Transition Character of the King Appearance Interests Early Activity France & Scotland

Henry VIII’s CharacterAppearance

6’ 2”; Fair Skinned; Ginger HairHandsome; Athletic; Skilled EquestrianExtroverted, Affable, CharmingEnergetic; Proud; Gallant

InterestsMilitary Exploits; Weapons; FortificationsArchery; Hunting; Competition; JoustTheology; Intellectual Pursuits

Little Regard for AdministrationNot as Detail-Oriented as FatherNot a Financial MiserNot Afraid to Enter Foreign Affairs

Henry’s Tournament Armor, 1520

Page 5: The Young Henry VIII (to 1527) Henry VII’s End; Henry VIII’s Accession Transition Character of the King Appearance Interests Early Activity France & Scotland

Early ActivityFrance

With Spanish, Attack on France, 1512

Drunken, Sickened FailureRoyal Invasion, Battle of the Spurs, ‘13

Thérouanne, TournaiPeace with France, ‘14

Mary Wed Louis XII; Brief

Tournai Returned, ‘18 Anglo-Habsburg Alliance vs. France

ScotlandAuld Alliance with FranceKing James IV Invades EnglandBattle of Flodden, Sept. ‘13Scottish King Dead

King James IV, n.d., anon.; National Galleries of Scotland

Page 6: The Young Henry VIII (to 1527) Henry VII’s End; Henry VIII’s Accession Transition Character of the King Appearance Interests Early Activity France & Scotland

Thomas Wolsey (b. 1470/1, d. 1530)Wolsey’s Rise in the Church

Humble Beginnings; Son of a ButcherB.A. at Magdalen, Oxford (15 years old)Priest, 1498; Royal Chaplain to Henry VIIHenry VIII’s Favor; DependenceDean of Lincoln, Hereford, 1509Bishop of Lincoln, 1514Abp. York, 1514; Cardinal, 1515 Papal Legate, 1518

Role in the StateHelped Organize French Invasion, 1513Administrative Workhorse; Gov’t DetailsLord Chancellor, 1515Extravagant; Wealthy; A Parvenu

Hampton Court Palace, est. 1514

Page 7: The Young Henry VIII (to 1527) Henry VII’s End; Henry VIII’s Accession Transition Character of the King Appearance Interests Early Activity France & Scotland

Domestic PolicyWolsey & the Nobility

Social Upstart vs. EstablishmentRoyal Monitoring of NobilityUse of Star Chamber CourtViewed as a Slave of Henry

Financial AffairsThe King’s Needs at Home & AbroadParliament not Forthcoming (H7 Legacy)“Amicable Grant,” 1525 (Failed)Dissolution of Small Monasteries

Cardinal College (Christ Church)

Combating the New HeresyAdvocate for Clerical EducationOpponent of LutheranismTarget for Anticlericalism

Christ Church, Oxford

Page 8: The Young Henry VIII (to 1527) Henry VII’s End; Henry VIII’s Accession Transition Character of the King Appearance Interests Early Activity France & Scotland

Foreign PolicyBalance of Power

After Peace w/ France, 1514Mediator of Europe

Self-Aggrandizing

Treaty of London, 1518Agreement of Perpetual PeaceEngland, France, HRE, Spain, Burgundy, the Netherlands, Papacy

Field of the Cloth of Gold, 1520Henry and Francis I

Breakdown of PeaceHenry Invades France, 1523France Invades Italy, 1525Habsburgs Invade Rome, 1527

Wolsey, late 16th cent., anon.