Henry the 8th

Henry VIII meme. Laughing with Erica about this one.

On this day in 1541, King Henry VIII entered the city of York through Walmgate Bar, and was met by the city's officials at Fulford Cross. The mayor and the

This is absolutely nuts.

Today's post is just another of many random things I don't know. The hair color we call red is not truly red; most shades we call red are actually orange, of one kind or another. But ginger? Where does that come from? Ginger roots are a light brown, like so: And ginger flowers could be any of a number of colors: The British have an ugly and well-documented prejudice against red-haired people, which I assume dates back to the days of the Viking raids. The Celts were small and dark, and…

Henry the 8th.

Anne hunting. The art of courtly love and chivalric romance so popular during the early medieval period saw a revival during the Tudor era. Because the majority of noble ...

Using modern dating techniques, a Cambridge historian found the Tudor king's (pictured) second wife was best suited as they shared high levels of energy and ambition.

King Henry was a scoundrel in all ways. He messed around with the Church of England, got rid of monasteries and split the Catholic Church from the Church of England. He caused seeming havoc wherever he went. More than that he was a horny scoundrel marrying up to 6 wives and when bored of them had them executed. In amongst all this activity he also had numerous affairs. It was said that this bombastic man and King finally died from obesity and probably sexual exhaustion.

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