《英伦名人八卦堂》－从小鲜肉到暴君（亨利八世）

Famous Brits under the Microscope – Henry VIII

·      One of the most famous kings inEnglish history

·      The Tudor dynasty who took overthe Crown in 1485

·      He was King of England from1509 to 1547

·      When he young – he was veryhandsome, athletic, clever (he spoke about 4 languages) and he was a very goodmusician

·      Henry wanted to have a maleheir (he had two surviving daughters and a son)

·      Famous for having 6 wives – heexecuted two of them by beheading

o   British school children learnthe rhyme to learn his wives “Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded,survived”

·      To divorce his first wifeCatherine of Aragon – Henry changed the country’s religion from being Catholicto Protestant

o   He closed down all themonasteries in England and took their money

·      Henry got a head injury whichsome scholars say changed his personality.

o   He gained a lot of weight – hiswaist was 132 cms when he got older!

§  He couldn’t get up the stairs when he was older – they invented amachine for him to get up the stairs

o   He was famous for being atyrant

§  He executed 70,000 people during his reign (roughly 5 a day!)

o   You can still see his mostfamous palace – Hampton Court outside of London

§  Lots of documentaries and films about his life

          Movie: The Other Boleyn Girl (Scarlett Johansson)

          TV:Wolf Hall