The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 1John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell Macmillan, 1929 - Great Britain |
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Page 31
... HENRY VII AND HENRY VIII 31 change with the times . They had sufficient capital to finance the Emperor's wars and so to secure from him concessions whereby they accumulated a great deal more ... Henry VII Policy of Henry VII and Henry VIII.
... HENRY VII AND HENRY VIII 31 change with the times . They had sufficient capital to finance the Emperor's wars and so to secure from him concessions whereby they accumulated a great deal more ... Henry VII Policy of Henry VII and Henry VIII.
Page 35
... Henry VIII was dead ; and it confirmed the Protestantism of the western adventurers and urged them to make common cause with the more experienced Huguenot freebooters from the ports of France . So important was the western element in ...
... Henry VIII was dead ; and it confirmed the Protestantism of the western adventurers and urged them to make common cause with the more experienced Huguenot freebooters from the ports of France . So important was the western element in ...
Page 95
... Henry VIII his seed fell on stony soil ; and many convulsions had to occur before even the meagre firstfruits appeared . Some admirers have seen in Henry's cessation from French wars his respect for More's teaching.1 The suggestion is ...
... Henry VIII his seed fell on stony soil ; and many convulsions had to occur before even the meagre firstfruits appeared . Some admirers have seen in Henry's cessation from French wars his respect for More's teaching.1 The suggestion is ...
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