Thomas Cromwell was a master of ambition, strategy, and manipulation. In a time of political turmoil and religious upheaval, he skilfully navigated the storm that was Henry VIII’s “Great Matter”—the king’s quest for a divorce from Catherine of Aragon. However, historian Lucy Worsley explores how Cromwell’s aims were not purely to secure the king’s desires; they were to advance his own power—and rewrite English history in the process.
This clip is from Royal History’s Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley (2020). Watch on BBC iPlayer: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m000fj9f/royal-historys-biggest-fibs-with-lucy-worsley
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