#BookReview 'Wolf Hall' by Hilary Mantel #historicalfiction #ThomasCromwell #HilaryMantel noveldeelights.com/2026/03/19/w... - via @noveldeelights.bsky.social 💙📚
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💙📚 Thomas Cromwell was Henry's most influential minister during the 1530s.
He was appointed Henry's vicar-general of the church in January 1535.
Cromwell is shown here wearing the Order of the Garter, in a painting after Holbein the Younger. #HisFic #TudorHistory #ThomasCromwell #HenryVIll #books
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💙📚💙📚 As a history lover I wanted to see the scars of the reformation which are really noticeable in Ely Cathedral. I wanted to see how the Victorians and others later restored it in the aftermath too. #reformation #ThomasCromwell #HisFic #Ely #ElyCathedral
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#OTD 6 Jan 1540
A reluctant #HenryVIII married #AnneofCleves at Greenwich Palace
A political union orchestrated by #ThomasCromwell Henry 'liked her not' upon meeting
Sensible to go quietly she remained on excellent terms with him, his 3 children & his next wife
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
#Tudor
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#Advent Day 23 What, No Christmas Jumper!
Whilst amusing to us today jumpers were not de rigueur in #Tudor England
Court etiquette not only dictated what you wore but also how to behave
#ThomasCromwell (as seen on TV) has sound advice!
youtu.be/dibGIzZsNoQ
@wolfhall.bsky.social
#History
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#HansHolbein the Younger (ca. 1497-1543), who died #OnThisDay (or around)
Portrait of #ThomasCromwell (ca. 1485-1540)
1532-3
The Frick Collection
#Holbein
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Victim or villain? Thomas Cromwell by Hans Holbein the younger.
#ThomasCromwell #HansHolbein #RenaissanceArt #PortraitPainting #HistoricalFigures #ArtHistory #TudorEngland #ClassicPortraits #ArtAppreciation #CromwellLegacy
#Tudor
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#OTD 25 Oct 1557
Sir William Cavendish, Privy Councillor & 2nd husband of #BessofHardwick died
He served under #HenryVIII (with #ThomasCromwell) & later #EdwardVI
He and Bess began work on Chatsworth House in 1552, a project he would not live to see completed
#Elizabethan
#History
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#OTD 6 Oct 1536
#WilliamTyndale died
Found guilty of heresy for translating Scriptures into English for the common folk he was condemned
#ThomasCromwell unsuccessfully interceded to save him from being tied to a stake strangled & burned
His final words: Lord Open the King of England's eyes
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Digital artwork of a statue of Thomas Cromwell, holding his intertwined hands in front of him and looking down on them, while a little chough sits upon his hands and looks back up at him. It is raining, and raindrops in the form of tears roll down the statue's forlorn looking face.
I really wanted to redo an old artwork I made of a Cromwell statue, while also dedicating a piece to an absolutely wonderful fic around said statue that is being written by a close friend of mine. Do give it a read!!💖
archiveofourown.org/works/652377...
#WolfHall #ThomasCromwell #MarkRylance #art
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Wen es interessiert: auf arte läuft "Wolf Hall"
Am Donnerstag läuft ab 21:40 die neue Staffel der Serie. Gedreht 2024.
#Tudors #HenryVIII #ThomasCromwell
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Today on my blog and Substack I'm joined by David Holland, founder of Wolf Hall Weekend @wolfhall.bsky.social, to talk about the event coming up in 2026! #History #Tudors #HilaryMantel #ThomasCromwell
Substack: tudorblogger.substack.com/p/guest-post...
Blog: tudorblogger.com/2025/08/22/g...
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📝 «Conocemos sus razones. Las conoce toda Europa. Se opone al divorcio. Cree que el rey no puede ser el jefe de la Iglesia»
📖 'En la corte del lobo' de H. Mantel
⚖️ ⭐⭐⭐⭐
#llibros #libros 📚
#EnriqueVIII #ThomasCromwell #AnaBolena
#Inglaterra 🏴
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#OTD 4 Aug 1598
#WilliamCecil, 1st Baron Burghley statesman & chief advisor to #ElizabethI died
Unlike his predecessors from her father's reign (such as #ThomasCromwell - youtube.com/playlist?lis...), Cecil was in for the long haul providing stability to her reign
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New research reveals hidden secrets of 16th century Bibles @sightmagazine.bsky.social #Wales #NationalLibraryofWales #GreatBible #HenryVIII #ThomasCromwell #HiddeninPlainSight #QueenMaryUniversityofLondon #CambridgeUniversityLibrary #Bibles
sightmagazine.com.au/news/new-res...
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Conquest of C. Howard over Henry VIII (After Charles Ansell, British Museum, c. 1790).
Portrait of Catherine Howard, Catherine’s decapitated head which is seen lying next to an axe on the ground (Print made by Jacob Houbraken, after Hans Holbein the Younger, British Museum, 1739).
#OTD in 1540 #KatherineHoward and #HenryVIII married. Katherine was Henry’s fifth wife. They married the same day #ThomasCromwell was executed on #TowerHill. 1/7
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#OTD 28 July 1540
As #ThomasCromwell lost his head #HenryVIII was at Oatlands Palace preoccupied with the business of marrying his 5th wife; 17yr old #KatherineHoward!
Both decisions he would soon come to regret!
👉youtube.com/playlist
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Portrait of Thomas Cromwell (Holbein, Frick Collection, 1532-1533).
#OTD in 1540 #ThomasCromwell was executed by beheading.
Cromwell had facilitated Henry VIII’s marriage with his fourth wife, #AnneofCleves. This was ill-fated and was only a few months. It was rather embarrassing for Henry. 1/
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#OTD 28 Jul 1540
#ThomasCromwell met with the 🪓
He'd been a useful & loyal advisor to #HenryVIII attracting jealous enemies who seized on the failed #AnneofCleves marriage to turn the King from him!
Succeeding, Cromwell lost his head
'Crum' speaks from his cell: youtu.be/Zc-v08eC3LU
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"My prayer is that God give me no longer life than I shall be glad to use mine office in edification, and not in destruction."
⚖️ #ThomasCromwell, English lawyer, politician, and Chief Minister to King Henry VIII, was executed for treason #OTD 28 July 1540. #History
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#OTD 9 July 1540
the marriage of #HenryVIII & #AnneofCleves was annulled
Shrewd Anne capitulated quickly to Henry's request after 6mths
She fared well, suitably compensated for her trouble more than can be said for the man held accountable #ThomasCromwell
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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#OTD 4 July 1551
#GregoryCromwell 31, son of #ThomasCromwell & #ElizabethWyckes died of sweating sickness
He’d married Elizabeth sister of #JaneSeymour in 1537
Surviving the fall out from his father's fall, he kept out of politics, living quietly at Launde Abbey
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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Bust of Thomas Cromwell (Print made by Jacob Houbraken, after Hans Holbein the Younger, British Museum, 1739).
Title-page to Gilbert Burnet’s ‘The History of the Reformation in England’ (Print made by Robert Graves, British Museum, 1818-1835).
It is July 4th, 1540. #ThomasCromwell, once close friend and confidant of #HenryVIII has 24 days to live. 1/2
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#OTD 30 June 1540
#ThomasCromwell wrote asking #HenryVIII for Mercy Mercy Mercy
Found guilty of trumped up charges protecting heretics & plotting to marry Lady Mary
Stripped of titles & sentenced to a date with the 🪓
Just happens today is our Crum Andrew’s birthday 🎂
youtu.be/0mx9ofLTKEo
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#OTD
29th June 1540
A Bill of Attainder was passed against Thomas Cromwell for crimes of corruption, heresy and treason.
Stripped of his titles and honours he was condemned to death.
#ThomasCromwell #BillofAttainder #KingHenryVIII #Tudors #History
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#OTD 28 June 1515
#AnnavonKleve was born in Düsseldorf 2nd daughter to John III Duke of Cleves & Maria of Jülich-Berg
Briefly 4th wife of #HenryVIII who 'liked her not' a disastrous marriage arranged by #ThomasCromwell
The real #survivor of #TheSixWives
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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Thomas Cromwell (Attributed to Hans Holbein the Younger, National Portrait Gallery, c. 1532-1533).
At this point things aren’t going so well for this guy! #OTD in 1540 Parliament passed an Act of Attainder against #ThomasCromwell. He was accused of various charges. 1/2
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#OTD 12 June 1540
2 days after his arrest #ThomasCromwell wrote his 1st letter to Henry VIII
He asserts his innocence, reiterates his loyalty & offers apologies for what he thinks are the offences leading to his arrest & pleading for understanding & Mercy!
youtu.be/Zc-v08eC3LU
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#OTD
12th June 1540
Imprisoned in the Tower of London, Thomas Cromwell wrote to King Henry VIII asking for mercy and pleading his innocence
www.instagram.com/p/DKxzwXYoa-...
#ThomasCromwell #LordGreatChamberlain #LordPrivySeal #TheTowerofLondon #KingHenryVIII #Tudors #History
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#OTD 10 Jun 1540
#ThomasCromwell 1st Earl of Essex & #HenryVIII's Chief Minister was arrested mid Council Meeting & taken to The Tower of London charged with treason
Norfolk took the opportunity to humiliate him snatching the St George's collar from Cromwell's shoulders
youtube.com/shorts/-OZet...
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