Inside the Court of Henry VIII
2015 · 56m · N/A
Documentary, History
Directed by
Peter Chinn
Overview
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. He took a country salvaged by his father from the wreck of civil war and set over it a single, sovereign ruler. By the end of his reign the power of the Tudor.
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