Henry Vlll - Pollard, A. F.
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Henry VIII is a full biography of King Henry VIII. The history goes into the deep knowledge of Henry VIII's unique personality and the essential events that shaped his rule. The author tells the story of Henry's life from the time he took the throne in 1509 until he died in 1547. Readers can read about his political moves, marriages, religious changes, and the effect he had on English society. Pollard does a lot of study and analysis to look at how religion changed in England during Henry's rule, especially when he broke away from the Roman Catholic Church and started the Church of England.…mehr

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Henry VIII is a full biography of King Henry VIII. The history goes into the deep knowledge of Henry VIII's unique personality and the essential events that shaped his rule. The author tells the story of Henry's life from the time he took the throne in 1509 until he died in 1547. Readers can read about his political moves, marriages, religious changes, and the effect he had on English society. Pollard does a lot of study and analysis to look at how religion changed in England during Henry's rule, especially when he broke away from the Roman Catholic Church and started the Church of England. The biography also talks about Henry's relationships with his women, like how he wanted a son to be his heir, which led to his famous divorces, annulments, and executions. This biography is a must-read for anyone interested in English history or the life of Henry VIII.
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Albert Frederick Pollard was a British scholar who lived from December 16, 1869, to August 3, 1948. He was an expert on the Tudor era. In 1906, he was one of the people who started the Historical Association. Pollard was born in Ryde on the Isle of Wight. He went to school in Portsmouth, Felsted, and Oxford, where he got a first-class honors degree in Modern History in 1891. In 1893, he became Assistant Editor of the Dictionary of National Biography and also wrote for it. From 1903 to 1931, he was Professor of Constitutional History at University College London. This was his main teaching job. He was on the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, and in 1906, he started the Historical Association. He was the editor of History from 1916 to 1922 and of the Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research from 1923 to 1939. He wrote 500 pieces for the Dictionary of National Biography and a lot of other history-related books and papers. Later in his life, he did a lot to make history a subject taught in schools in Britain. One of his most important books, The Evolution of Parliament, was published in 1920.