Analysis Of Who Was Henry VIII And When Did It All Go Wrong?

Suzannah Lipscomb in "Who Was Henry VIII And When Did It All Go Wrong?." talks about the different ways our society perceives the personality of Henry VIII, from a overly sentimental man child in “The private life of Henry VIII”, to an infantile but handsome king in the Tudors. She considers that this versions are not truthful to the true Henry and contribute to alter the perception of Henry’s true personality.
Another obstacle for the truth about him is the focus that is given to his surroundings, to his marriage, his court or his activities and hobbies. This details as often eclipse a true analysis of the personality of this famous king in many historical books and documents.
Lastly, the biggest obstacle to decipher Henry personality is the habit of using his later years as a staple for all his life. Often ,purposely or not, people assume that his character was always the same and that it never
There have been lots of theories about what provoked this change, based on key dates between 1524 and 1533, were stressful events could had led Henry down his at dark path. However, to Lipscomb “the evidence suggests that we should consider a slightly later date. Although the change was partly the result of a cumulative process, the year 1536 contained all the ingredients necessary to catalyse, foster and entrench this change. It was Henry Vill's annus horribilis.” It was the year that he suffered betrayals, disappointment and rebellions in an enormous scale. A leg injury destroyed his jousting and athletic career, leading him to his obesity. Anne Boleyn, his wife in that year, suffered a miscarriage, and was later found out to be an adulterer. The parliament passed an act which would be detrimental to him .A book written by his cousin, Reginald Pole, viciously criticized him. Rebellions arose due to his religious innovations in the country. All of these events combined probably broke him, and turned him into the despot everyone