Henry VIII in 100 Objects : The Tyrant King Who Had Six Wives

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Henry VIII is one of history's most memorable monarchs. Popularly known for his six wives, and the unfortunate fate which befell Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard, Henry initiated many reforms and changes which still affect our lives today. The annulment of his marriage to Catherine of Aragon set in motion the separation of the English church from Rome and the establishment of the Church of England, which in turn led to the dissolution of the monasteries, the hauntingly evocative remains of which can be seen across the United Kingdom. Henry also oversaw the legal union between England and Wales, and he is also known as the father of the Royal Navy', with one of his great warships, the Mary Rose, lost in 1545 and recovered in 1982, becoming one of the most famous wrecks in maritime history. In addition to the monasteries, other buildings around the UK continue to remind us of the times of the Tudors - there is the site of Greenwich Palace at the Royal Naval College Greenwich, where Henry was born; his great palace at Hampton Court; Lambeth Palace where Thomas More refused to sign the oath to make Henry the Head of the Church, and the Bell Tower in the Tower of London where More was imprisoned before he was beheaded. Henry's breach with the Pope led to the threat of war with Catholic France and Spain, which prompted Henry to construct a series of powerful forts around the English and Welsh coasts. These elegant and symmetrical defensive structures are still awe-inspiring. In this engaging and hugely informative book, the author takes us on a journey across the country, from Deal Castle on the south coast, to Tower Green where Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard lost their heads, and far north to Rievaulx Abbey in Yorkshire. Along the way we see places where Henry stayed, where the Mary Rose was recovered, the homes of his consorts and Smithfield where prominent individuals convicted of heresy were burned at the stake. Travel, then, not just across the country, but also back in time through 100 objects from the days of the second Tudor monarch - Henry VIII. Cover Book Title Copyright Contents Introduction Acknowledgements 1 Memorial CommemoratingKing Henry VIII’s Birth,Royal Naval College, Greenwich 2 Eltham Palace 3 Henry VII’s Tomb, Westminster Abbey 4 The Tower of London 5 Stained Glass Window Commemorating the Marriage of King Henry VIII to Katherine of Aragon,St Margaret’s Church, Westminster 6 The Coronation Chair,Westminster Abbey 7 The Gatehouse, Richmond Palace 8 The Bronze Watch Bell from the Mary Rose 9 The Westminster Roll Depicting Henry VIII Jousting at Westminster 10 Two Tudor Docks at Woolwich Dockyard 11 Glass Slide of the Henry Grace à Dieu 12 Earliest known Portrait ofHenry VIII, c. 1513 13 Oil Painting Entitled The Meeting of Henry VIII and the Emperor Maximillian I 14 Henry VIII’s Tower, Tournai 15 Plaque Commemorating the Establishment of Trinity House 16 Parade Armet of Henry VIII 17 Cardinal Thomas Wolsey Statue,Ipswich 18 The ‘Silvered and Engraved’ Armour of Henry VIII, 1515 19 The Longbow 20 Letter from Henry VIII to Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, 1518 21 Greenwich Tiltyard 22 The Medieval St Paul’s Cathedral 23 Portrait of King Henry VIII, c. 1520 24 Leeds Castle 25 Dover Castle 26 The Field of the Cloth of Gold, 1520 27 Henry VIII’s Tonlet Armour, 1520 28 Thornbury Castle 29 Henry VIII’s Portable Lock,Hever Castle 30 Assertio Septem Sacramentorum Adversus Martinum Lutherum by Henry VIII 31 King Henry VIII Gatehouse,Windsor Castle 32 The Round Table, Great Hall,Winchester 33 Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk and Friend of Henry VIII 34 Eltham Ordinances 35 Hever Castle 36 Henry VIII’s Room 37 Henry VIII’s Writing Desk 38 Love Letter Written by Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn 39 Treaty of Amiens, 1527 40 Bridewell Palace 41 The Black Friar 42 Hampton Court Palace 43 Remains of Whitehall Palace 44 A Surviving Tudor Cauldron 45 Emblems Celebrating the Marriage of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, Hampton Court Palace 46 Window Bearing Crests of Henry VIIIand Anne Boleyn, Greenwich Palace 47 Queen’s Stairs, Tower of London 48 Westminster Abbey 49 The Oath of Allegiance to Henry VIII and his Successors, 30 March 1534 50 Sir Thomas More Memorial, Chelsea 51 Lambeth Palace 52 Traitors’ Gate 53 Bell Tower 54 The Act of Supremacy, 1534 55 Tyburn Memorial 56 Westminster Hall 57 Bishop John Fisher and Sir Thomas More, Execution Memorial Plaque, Tower Hill 58 Title Page of the Valor Ecclesiasticus 59 Portrait of Henry VIII, 1535 60 Tomb of Katherine of Aragon, Peterborough Cathedral 61 Site of the Great Hall, Tower of London 62 Tower Green 63 Roundel from the Ceiling of the Great Watching Chamber, Hampton Court Palace 64 St James’s Palace, London 65 St James’s Church, Louth 66 Pilgrimage of Grace Banner 67 Hussey Tower, Boston 68 Clifford’s Tower, York 69 Portrait of Henry VIII, 1537 70 Nonsuch Palace Marker in Nonsuch Park, Surrey 71 Rievaulx Abbey 72 Design for a Henrican Castle on the Kent Coast 73 Camber Castle 74 Sandgate Castle 75 Glastonbury Abbey 76 Portrait of Anne of Cleves 77 The Bishop’s Palace, Rochester 78 Anne of Cleves Public House,Melton Mowbray 79 Tower Hill Execution Site 80 Surviving Wall of Oatlands Palace 81 Tudor Graffiti, Beauchamp Tower,Tower of London 82 Medieval Bishop’s Palace, Lincoln 83 Pontefract Castle, Yorkshire 84 King’s Manor, York 85 The Chapel Royal, Hampton Court Palace 86 Ruins of Winchester Palace, Southwark, London 87 Guildhall, City of London 88 Model of the Medieval London Bridge, St Magnus the Martyr Church, London 89 Block and Axe Postcard 90 Queen Elizabeth’s Hunting Lodge 91 Katherine Parr’s Closet Chamber,Hampton Court Palace 92 Debased Groats 93 An English Cannonball Fired Duringthe Siege of Boulogne, 1544 94 Queen Elizabeth’s Pocket Gun, Dover Castle 95 Southsea Castle, Portsmouth 96 The Mary Rose 97 Bronze Culverin from the Mary Rose 98 The Rack 99 Statue of Henry VIII at St Bartholomew’s Hospital and Smithfield Execution Site 100King Henry VIII’s Tomb, St George’sChapel, Windsor 100 King Henry VIII’s Tomb, St George’s Chapel, Windsor Notes Bibliography Back Cover