Historically, Norfolk was her uncle and Surrey was a man in his twenties or thirties at this point.
The departure from the series of Henry Czerny, who played the Duke of Norfolk, caused endless problems for the show given how very important the real Norfolk was to the story.She is almost universally loved both in England and by most of Europe. It's 'still' met with academic gasps to insinuate that either ruler wasn't the saint they are remembered as. Catherine of Aragon was the daughter of Ferdinand and Isabella, considered some of the best monarchs (and best 'people') to ever reign.ever.Literally no one in Europe thought Henry was in the right. In real life, even Martin Luther, John Calvin and Ulrich Zwingli supported her. That is especially important: France was the sworn enemy of Catherine's family, and yet they recognized her marriage as valid. This shows that even in France, people believed Catherine to be Henry's legitimate wife. Even the French King remained half-hearted in his support of Anne, not wanting to engage his son to her daughter but rather to Catherine's daughter Mary. Not just the great majority of the English people, but also Rome and her powerful nephew were on her side. 100% Adoration Rating: Catherine of Aragon.North of London, Cromwell, Cranmer and their policies were hated to the point that thousands rebelled.She is a bastard and you are not my wife." Sadly for Anne, this also went for most of the English people at that time. Anne Boleyn and infant Elizabeth: "Because the pope, and he, and the emperor all AGREE.
In the first season, Wolsey was never loved by many, but even those who owed him a lot drop him as he falls.
The series formally debuted on Showtime on April 1, 2007, and the fourth and final season ended June 20, 2010.Ī Spiritual Successor to The Tudors called The Borgias based on the life of other figures of The Renaissance, Rodrigo Borgia (aka Pope Alexander VI) and his family, began airing April 2011. Despite the constant sex, the show is very good at showing a lot of the intrigue and events that went on between Henry and his aides, and the reformation is handled reasonably accurately, with a great emphasis on the rebellions and difficulties it made. Season 4 covers wives five and six.ĭespite this series' claim to tell the real story, this production is mostly a cut down version of history, playing fast and loose with the facts to tell a dramatic tale of intrigue, sex, disease, sex, tragedy, sex, death and sex. In the third season, the story continues with Henry's third and fourth wife, and introduces the fifth. (He does get a beard as of the second season, however.) Instead, Jonathan Rhys Meyers' portrayal is that of a young, dynamic king determined to use his position to squeeze as much pleasure as he can out of life whilst balancing atop the ruthless world of Renaissance politics. Gone from this series is the traditional vision of Henry as the bearded, bloated, jewel-encrusted, aging monarch who gleefully sent his wives to the chopping block. The first two seasons devote most of their time to the dissolution of his marriage to the older Catherine of Aragon and his deepening relationship with the saucy Anne Boleyn, who was to become his second wife.