tailieunhanh - Henry VIII.

It is perhaps a matter rather for regret than for surprise that so few attempts have been made to describe, as a whole, the life and character of Henry VIII. No ruler has left a deeper impress on the history of his country, or done work which has been the subject of more keen and lasting contention. Courts of law are still debating the intention of statutes, the tenor of which he dictated; and the moral, political, and religious, are as much in dispute as the legal, results of his reign. He is still the Great Erastian, the protagonist of laity against clergy. His policy. | 1 CHAPTER I. CHAPTER II. CHAPTER III. CHAPTER IV. CHAPTER V. CHAPTER VI. CHAPTER VII. CHAPTER VIII. CHAPTER IX. CHAPTER X. CHAPTER XI. CHAPTER XII. CHAPTER XIII. CHAPTER XIV. CHAPTER XV. CHAPTER XVI. CHAPTER I. CHAPTER II. CHAPTER III. CHAPTER IV. CHAPTER V. CHAPTER VI. CHAPTER VII. CHAPTER VIII. CHAPTER IX. CHAPTER X. CHAPTER XI. CHAPTER XII. CHAPTER XIII. CHAPTER XIV. CHAPTER XV. Henry VIII. by A. F. Pollard 2 CHAPTER XVI. Henry VIII. by A. F. Pollard The Project Gutenberg EBook of Henry VIII. by A. F. Pollard This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title Henry VIII. Author A. F. Pollard Release Date January 6 2007 EBook 20300 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HENRY VIII. Produced by Jonathan Ingram Christine P. Travers and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive Canadian Libraries . Transcriber s note Obvious printer s errors have been corrected. The original spelling has been retained. HENRY VIII. BY THE SAME AUTHOR. FROM THE ACCESSION OF EDWARD VI. TO THE DEATH OF ELIZABETH 1547-1603 . Political History of England Vol. VI. . With 2 Maps. THE COMMONWEALTH AT WAR. 8vo. THE WAR ITS HISTORY AND MORALS. 8vo. THE REIGN OF HENRY VII. FROM CONTEMPORARY SOURCES. Selected and arranged with an Introduction. Crown 8vo. Vol. I. Narrative Extracts. Vol. II. Constitutional Social and Economic History. Vol. III. Diplomacy Ecclesiastical Affairs and Ireland. UNIVERSITY OF LONDON INTERMEDIATE SOURCE-BOOKS OF HISTORY. ILLUSTRATIONS OF CHAUCER S ENGLAND. Edited by MISS DOROTHY HUGHES. With a Preface by . POLLARD . . Fellow of All Souls and Professor of English History in the University of London. Crown .