Who Was Henry VIII?

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

Henry VIII became king of England on this day in 1509. In this archived 

article, Suzannah Lipscomb considers the man behind the myth.

Who Was Henry VIII? | History Today

We all think we know Henry VIII and all there is to know about him. The Holbein portraits, the profusion of television dramas and films, the novels and histories set in his world make him ubiquitous.

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