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Lucy Wooding, lecturer in Early Modern History at King's College, London, goes behind the familiar grandiose image of Henry, revealing his fears about losing the throne. Show more
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Geoffrey Moorhouse examines achievements that came from Henry's warfare, such as a coastal defence system, the founding of the Royal Navy and the first environmental legislation. Show more
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Dr Tom Betteridge, reader in modern English literature at Oxford Brookes University, examines the various depictions of Henry VIII in stage plays. Show more
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Suzannah Lipscomb, research curator at Hampton Court Palace, explains why the year 1536 was pivotal in Henry's transformation in the public eye from a benign ruler to a tyrant. Show more
