Thomas Cranmer is one of the most famous names, from one of the most important periods of English history – the English reformation. Many people believe that he was crucial to the reformation and high emotions run around this character. Some herald him as the saviour of the Protestant religion...

Born at Greenwich on the 28th January 1491, he was the second son of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York. Henry VIII was a controversial king. Many people loved, respected, feared or hated him. This essay will investigate the evidence for and against him before deciding whether he was a good or b...

The Family Feud That Lasted Thirty Years Most wars in history have been very noble wars fought between men of two different sides, battling for the power over the people of a country. William Lace argues that, "There was nothing noble about the Wars of the Roses [though,] because brothers fo...

Using examples from the Henrician Reformation of the 1530s; explain why religion has often been the cause of particularly bitter conflict. The causes and features of the Reformation have been the source of many differing views between historians; whether it arose solely from the ambitions of Henr...

The Reformation was a great 16th-century religious revolution in the Christian Church, which had political, economic and social effects. It ended the ecclesiastical supremacy of the pope, led to the separation of many European nations from the Church of Rome and became the basis for the founding of ...

I, William Shakespeare, wrote the play Henry V to commemorate a great English monarch. Henry the V's father was called Bullingbrook and was Henry IV in an earlier play I wrote. The king before Bullingbrook was Richard II. Bullingbrook wasn't happy with the way he was treated by Richard ...