Henry VIII. Life of the Royal Court

The English king Henry VIII was destined to become one of those monarchs whose name, even several centuries later, is known throughout the world. His appearance was captured in portraits by the great painters of the Renaissance; the characteristic features of his personality, which delighted, intrigued and frightened his contemporaries, appear in abundance in a wide variety of evidence on the pages of historical documents. As well as the details of his biography: over the centuries it has become truly legendary, and today encourages scientists, writers, and directors to turn again and again to the life of the royal court in that distant era. In her study, Alison Ware, a professional historian, writer and recognized master of the genre of royal chronicles, creates a voluminous and fascinatingly humane portrait of Henry VIII Tudor, equally far from the dry descriptions from the pages of a textbook, and from the popular culture image of a king spending his life in rough conditions. entertainment and mindless pursuit of pleasure. The author shows us a different Henry - a powerful king who reigned in an era when the domestic and political life of the monarch were inextricably intertwined - and the brilliant, complex court that he created himself and whose life he ruled. Struggles for power, wars, intrigues, victories and defeats - the life of Henry VIII was eventful; Against this background, surrounded by courtiers vying for the honor and reward of entering the king's inner circle, the truly majestic figure of Henry VIII appears before the reader.