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Identifier: historyofengland00wyat (find matches)
Title: A history of England
Year: 1916 (1910s)
Authors: Wyatt-Davies, Ernest Reuter John, 1862- (from old catalog)
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Publisher: New York, London (etc.) Longmans, Green and co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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elf-indulgence, and it was inevitable that a prince, whoimpersonated his age as Henry VIII. did, should come intocollision with the system which, with whatever failures, hadupheld the virtues of purity and self-restraint, and of dutiesbetween man and man more imperative than the claims ofself-interest. Ambassadors at the English Court, such as theVenetian Giustiani, delighted to dwell in their reports on theyoung Henrys accomplishments and personal attractions, hishandsome form and dazzling attire, and his knowledge ofLatin and other languages. But beneath this brave outwardshow lay a temper, swayed at times by passions, but unswerv-ingly self-centred and self-contained. As the trappings ofyouth dropped away, and the restraints of morality and religionwere laid aside, Henrys true character—brutal, imperious,sensual—stood revealed, and the reign, which had opened sojoyously, closed on a scene of religious and social discontent.2. Foreign Affairs.—The young king from the first was
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FRANCE to illustrate Anglo-French relationsfrom 1453 to 1789. English Miles 20 40 60 80 IOO 120 140 l60 l8o Walker & Cockerell se. Henry VIII. 203 bent on a strong policy at home and abroad. He signalisedhis accession by the arrest of his fathers unpopular ministers,Empson and Dudley, and after an imprisonment in the Tower,they were executed on the trumped-up charge of having con-spired to seize and murder Henry on the death of his father.In other respects Henry made few changes in the ministry, andcontinued to rely on Henry VII.s trusted servants, ArchbishopWarham, Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey, and Fox, Bishopof Winchester. Thomas Wolsey, who had been introduced topolitical life by Fox, was as yet only almoner to the king, butwas already known for his skill in diplomacy, and Henrysintervention in foreign politics gave Wolsey the opportunityfor making himself indispensable to the king. In 1511 Henry joined the Holy League, which had beenformed by Pope Julius II., with the support

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