Inside the Court of Henry VIII
January 1547: The King of England's fetid 400-pound frame lies on his deathbed, his nation left as rotten and broken as his body. Pull back the veil to expose the vicious rivalries and conspiracies that characterized Henry VIII's court, where a man could find ultimate riches — or his head impaled on a traitor's spike.
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Inside the Court of Henry VIII
55m 41s
January 1547: The King of England's fetid 400-pound frame lies on his deathbed, his nation left as rotten and broken as his body. Pull back the veil to expose the vicious rivalries and conspiracies that characterized Henry VIII's court, where a man could find ultimate riches — or his head impaled on a traitor's spike.
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Henry VIII is the most iconic king of English history. Part medieval tyrant, part renaissance prince, he ruled over his people as no king of England had ever done before. Pull back the veil to expose the vicious rivalries and conspiracies that characterized his court.
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