Opinion of King Henry VIII of England

[Filuwaúrdjan]

I think because we're so used to him as a part of our past (and one told very early as well) we forget quite how utterly, utterly bats crazy he was. Like his behavior was not... normal... even for the period: this man was not an eccentric ruler who happened to live during a brutal period, but something else entirely. The remarks Christina of Denmark supposedly made when flat out refusing to marry him - "If I had two heads, one should be at the King of England's disposal" - are a pretty clear indication of how he was regarded internationally...