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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 Balance of Powers.

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The Young Henry VIII (to 1527)

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  1. 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 Balance of Powers The Young Henry VIII (to 1527) Henry VIII, c. 1520; anon.; NPG

  2. Vivat Rex! (b. 1491, d. 1547) Henry VII’s Last Years Arthur’s Marriage w/ Katherine, 1501 Arthur’s Death Thereafter Young Harry’s Education Classics, History; Grammar, Rhetoric Languages; Ethics; Poetry; Music Humanist Tradition of More, Erasmus Transition From D. of York to Prince of Wales, 1502-3 2nd Son to Heir Accession to the Throne, 1509 Peaceful, Rejoicing; Hope, Optimism Marriage with Katherine Contrasting Personalities Henry VIII (?), c. 1498; attributed to Guido Mazzoni

  3. Prince Henry’s Cicero

  4. Henry VIII’s Character Appearance 6’ 2”; Fair Skinned; Ginger Hair Handsome; Athletic; Skilled Equestrian Extroverted, Affable, Charming Energetic; Proud; Gallant Interests Military Exploits; Weapons; Fortifications Archery; Hunting; Competition; Joust Theology; Intellectual Pursuits Little Regard for Administration Not as Detail-Oriented as Father Not a Financial Miser Not Afraid to Enter Foreign Affairs Henry’s Tournament Armor, 1520

  5. Early Activity France With Spanish, Attack on France, 1512 Drunken, Sickened Failure Royal Invasion, Battle of the Spurs, ‘13 Thérouanne, Tournai Peace with France, ‘14 Mary Wed Louis XII; Brief Tournai Returned, ‘18 Anglo-Habsburg Alliance vs. France Scotland Auld Alliance with France King James IV Invades England Battle of Flodden, Sept. ‘13 Scottish King Dead King James IV, n.d., anon.; National Galleries of Scotland

  6. Thomas Wolsey (b. 1470/1, d. 1530) Wolsey’s Rise in the Church Humble Beginnings; Son of a Butcher B.A. at Magdalen, Oxford (15 years old) Priest, 1498; Royal Chaplain to Henry VII Henry VIII’s Favor; Dependence Dean of Lincoln, Hereford, 1509 Bishop of Lincoln, 1514 Abp. York, 1514; Cardinal, 1515 Papal Legate, 1518 Role in the State Helped Organize French Invasion, 1513 Administrative Workhorse; Gov’t Details Lord Chancellor, 1515 Extravagant; Wealthy; A Parvenu Hampton Court Palace, est. 1514

  7. Domestic Policy Wolsey & the Nobility Social Upstart vs. Establishment Royal Monitoring of Nobility Use of Star Chamber Court Viewed as a Slave of Henry Financial Affairs The King’s Needs at Home & Abroad Parliament not Forthcoming (H7 Legacy) “Amicable Grant,” 1525 (Failed) Dissolution of Small Monasteries Cardinal College (Christ Church) Combating the New Heresy Advocate for Clerical Education Opponent of Lutheranism Target for Anticlericalism Christ Church, Oxford

  8. Foreign Policy Balance of Power After Peace w/ France, 1514 Mediator of Europe Self-Aggrandizing Treaty of London, 1518 Agreement of Perpetual Peace England, France, HRE, Spain, Burgundy, the Netherlands, Papacy Field of the Cloth of Gold, 1520 Henry and Francis I Breakdown of Peace Henry Invades France, 1523 France Invades Italy, 1525 Habsburgs Invade Rome, 1527 Wolsey, late 16th cent., anon.

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