Tudor Treatments and Ailments of Henry VIII (Guest Post)

Guest article by Seamus O'Caellaigh “Hear that the king of England has had a fall from his horse, and was thought to be dead for two hours. His lady miscarried in consequence.” This was written on February 12, 1536 by the Bishop of Faenza, according to Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII, Volume 10. Was this the turning point for Henry VIII, the accident that changed him from Renaissance Prince to raging tyrant? We know that it was one of the turni [More]