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Henry VIII: Patron or Plunderer?

Episode 2

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

In the 1530s, King Henry VIII was at a crossroads. In his desperation for a new wife and an heir he had broken with Rome, divorced Catherine of Aragon and married Anne Boleyn. Isolated and vulnerable, he needed a powerful new image as head of church and state.

In the second of a two-part documentary, architectural historian Jonathan Foyle looks for clues in the king's art to glimpse what was going on inside his head as he faced his darkest days. Show less

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