The Life and Legacy of of King Henry VIII E-Book

• Herausgeber: Charles River Editors
• Kategorie: Sachliteratur, Reportagen, Biografien
• Serie: British Legends
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 46

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2025

Beschreibung

"We are, by the sufferance of God, King of England; and the Kings of England in times past never had any superior but God." – King Henry VIII

In Charles River Editors’ History for Kids series, your children can learn about history’s most important people and events in an easy, entertaining, and educational way. Pictures help bring the story to life, and the concise but comprehensive book will keep your kid’s attention all the way to the end.

Over 450 years after his reign, Henry VIII is still the most famous and recognizable King of England, but it’s for all the wrong reasons. Though well regarded by contemporaries as a learned king and "one of the most charismatic rulers to sit on the English throne", he is best remembered today for his gluttony and multiple marriages, particularly the gruesome way in which he was widowed on more than one occasion. Naturally, that was the focus of the popular Show Time drama series centered around his life, The Tudors.

Henry VIII will probably continue to be best known for beheading some of his wives, most notably Anne Boleyn, so it is somewhat fitting that his most decisive act came as a result of a marital mishap. Sharply at odds with the Catholic Church over his attempt to dissolve his marriage with Catherine of Aragon, Henry VIII ultimately broke with the Church and established the Church of England, which forever both the religious history of England and the social hierarchy of the nation and its empire.  

 Though the popular perception of his reign has taken hold, King Henry VIII did not start life in any of those ways. In fact, he did not even start life as heir to the English throne. And when he did come to the throne at the age of 18, King Henry VIII’s earliest monarchical years showed his promise as a quintessential renaissance, polymath Prince. Even on the religious front, Henry VIII started out believing in the essential Catholic theology, even after the Pope and the Vatican excommunicated Henry from the Catholic Church (until then, the undisputed political as well as theological leader of Christendom, from which monarchs often needed various forms of legitimacy).

 For all these reasons, the manner in which his life and legacy diverge makes him an even more fascinating topic, one that clearly continues to captivate audiences around the world today. This book chronicles Henry VIII’s life and reign, but it also humanizes the man who fashioned himself both an athlete and scholar. Along with pictures of important people, places, and events in his life, your kids will learn about Henry VIII like never before.

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British Legends: The Life and Legacy of of King Henry VIII

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Introduction

King Henry VIII (1491-1547)

"We are, by the sufferance of God, King of England; and the Kings of England in times past never had any superior but God." – King Henry VIII

In Charles River Editors’ History for Kids series, your children can learn about history’s most important people and events in an easy, entertaining, and educational way. Pictures help bring the story to life, and the concise but comprehensive book will keep your kid’s attention all the way to the end.

Over 450 years after his reign, Henry VIII is still the most famous and recognizable King of England, but it’s for all the wrong reasons. Though well regarded by contemporaries as a learned king and "one of the most charismatic rulers to sit on the English throne", he is best remembered today for his gluttony and multiple marriages, particularly the gruesome way in which he was widowed on more than one occasion. Naturally, that was the focus of the popular Show Time drama series centered around his life, The Tudors.

Henry VIII will probably continue to be best known for beheading some of his wives, most notably Anne Boleyn, so it is somewhat fitting that his most decisive act came as a result of a marital mishap. Sharply at odds with the Catholic Church over his attempt to dissolve his marriage with Catherine of Aragon, Henry VIII ultimately broke with the Church and established the Church of England, which forever both the religious history of England and the social hierarchy of the nation and its empire.

Though the popular perception of his reign has taken hold, King Henry VIII did not start life in any of those ways. In fact, he did not even start life as heir to the English throne. And when he did come to the throne at the age of 18, King Henry VIII’s earliest monarchical years showed his promise as a quintessential renaissance, polymath Prince. Even on the religious front, Henry VIII started out believing in the essential Catholic theology, even after the Pope and the Vatican excommunicated Henry from the Catholic Church (until then, the undisputed political as well as theological leader of Christendom, from which monarchs often needed various forms of legitimacy).

For all these reasons, the manner in which his life and legacy diverge makes him an even more fascinating topic, one that clearly continues to captivate audiences around the world today. This bookchronicles Henry VIII’s life and reign, but it also humanizes the man who fashioned himself both an athlete and scholar. Along with pictures of important people, places, and events in his life, your kids will learn about Henry VIII like never before.

A half-groat depicting Henry VIII

British Legends: The Life and Legacy of of King Henry VIII

About Charles River Editors

Introduction

Prologue

Chapter 1: Early Life (1491-1509)

Chapter 2: First Part of The Reign (1509-1525)

Chapter 3: Henry’s “Great Matter”and Break from the Roman Catholic Church (1525-1540)

Chapter 4: Final Years (1540-1547)

Chapter 5: Henry VIII’s Legacy

Prologue

Both popular and academic historians have found it easier to fixate the public’s attention on King Henry VIII of England, Ireland and France1 by presenting him to history as the monarch who husbanded six wives, annulled marriages with three of them (two by execution), and executed thousands upon thousands of his subjects on the nebulous charge of “treason.” In short, he became something of a tyrant. Even today’s schoolchildren remember Henry as the corpulent monarch of a bygone era, an egotistical monarch who lusted after women, food, and wars, each to excess. Henry arguably is most famous for creating the Church of England, but here too popular understanding has misunderstood Henry’s actual stance and contributions. Films such as The Other Boleyn Girl (2008)and Elizabeth I (1998) have not helped.2

King Henry VIII did not start life in any of those ways. In fact, he did not even start life as heir to the English throne. And when he did come to the throne at the age of 18, King Henry VIII’s earliest monarchical years showed his promise as a quintessential renaissance, polymath Prince. Even on the religious front, Henry VIII started out believing in the essential Catholic theology, even after the Pope and the Vatican excommunicated Henry from the Catholic Church (until then, the undisputed political as well as theological leader of Christendom, from which monarchs often needed various forms of legitimacy).

For all these reasons, the manner in which his life and legacy diverge makes him an even more fascinating topic, one that continues to captivate audiences around the world today.

Chapter 1: Early Life (1491-1509)

Henry VIII at the age of 18