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Henry VIII’s six wives: influence and legacy

Henry VIII’s six wives: influence and legacy

by Matei Editor | Sep 19, 2025 | Early Modern Period, History

How will these resources help you? Henry VIII’s reign has dominated scholarship on the first half of the sixteenth century for a long time. His wives are remembered through a catchy saying – Divorced, Beheaded, Died, Divorced, Beheaded, Survived – but in truth, there...
Henry VIII’s six wives: influence and legacy

Witchcraft: A Social and Cultural Case

by Matei Editor | Sep 19, 2025 | Early Modern Period, History

How will these resources help you? Witchcraft has always been a complex topic to teach and to learn. Witches, wizards and magicians continue to permeate our popular culture and can be found in many children’s stories. Beyond this literary fascination, however, the...
Henry VIII’s six wives: influence and legacy

Henry VIII’s relations with his chief ministers

by Matei Editor | Sep 19, 2025 | Early Modern Period, History

How will these resources help you? The reign of Henry VIII is dominated by big personalities, and there is often a tendency to give too much focus to Henry and his wives. Much more difficult to understand is the way in which power was wielded, and the extent to which...
Henry VIII’s six wives: influence and legacy

Henry VIII: The man behind the myths

by Matei Editor | Sep 19, 2025 | Early Modern Period, History

How will these resources help you?  It could be argued that no historical legend has more deeply entrenched myths surrounding them than Henry VIII. This can make the secondary History teacher’s role all the more challenging. Henry is one of the ‘two H’s’, much...
Henry VIII’s six wives: influence and legacy

Picking sides in the English Civil War

by Matei Editor | Sep 19, 2025 | Early Modern Period, History

How will these resources help you? This topic can be difficult to teach because the reasons why people fought for each side are complex. The religious justifications for joining one side or the other can be difficult for students today to understand. Many people...
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