Understanding the Man: Henry VIII - Part Two
Tudors Dynasty & Beyond
RedTop Media / Rebecca Larson
4.4 • 869 Ratings
🗓️ 2 June 2018
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
As many of you may already know, King Henry VIII is my favorite monarch of the Tudor dynasty. If it wasn’t for his reign I do not believe the Tudors would be as popular as they are today. In this episode I continue on my journey to explain the Henry I have learned to love...and hate.
In this series on Henry VIII I want to take a different look at the king who executed two of his six wives. My mission is to make those of you who look at him as a tyrant to see what made him into the man he became later into his reign.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Rebecca Larson, and this is my Tudors Dynasty podcast. Welcome to the show. |
| 0:11.6 | As many of you may already know, King Henry VIII is my favorite monarch of the Tudor dynasty. |
| 0:17.6 | If it wasn't for his reign, I do not believe that the tutors would be as popular as they |
| 0:21.7 | are today. In this episode, I continue on my journey to explain the Henry that I have learned to |
| 0:27.5 | love and hates. With the creation of showtimes of the tutors, many of us were aware of the name |
| 0:33.6 | Henry VIII, but really didn't know much about him. In the show, we were able to see that |
| 0:38.5 | there was more to the man than the execution of two of his six wives. While I understand that the |
| 0:44.5 | Tudor's TV program had a bunch of historical inaccuracies, it also got people, like myself, |
| 0:50.8 | to look deeper into the history by reading and absorbing as much as we possibly could. |
| 0:56.6 | Over a decade later, I feel I have a fairly good grasp on the infamous king and would like to share |
| 1:01.4 | my understanding of him with you. Henry VIII was a man. Well, maybe you could say a man-child, |
| 1:08.1 | but he wasn't just the tyrannical ruler that many see him as today. |
| 1:12.3 | There was much more to him than most understand. I hope with this series on his life that you |
| 1:17.4 | will look at Henry through new eyes. Before we dive into this podcast, I need to take a minute to talk |
| 1:23.6 | about the show. If you're new to my podcast and follow me on iTunes, you are missing out |
| 1:29.4 | on a bunch of episodes that came before I integrated. If you're interested in hearing all of them, |
| 1:35.3 | you can go to Patreon. That's p-a-t-r-e-on.com slash tutors dynasty and click on posts. |
| 1:43.8 | I also have a link to them on tutorsdynasty.com in the menu. |
| 1:48.3 | If you found me on iTunes, I'd also like to see some more five-star ratings and comments there. |
| 1:53.7 | The more reviews, the higher I will be on the recommendation list for other tutor lovers. |
| 1:59.0 | Speaking of Patreon, I need to thank my existing patrons. |
| 2:03.6 | Robert, Peggy, Rachel H., Rachel D., Michelle, Lynn, Lacey, Diane, Kathy, Christine, Katie, |
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