Henry VIII highlighted verses in the margins of a prayer book that suggest he was plagued by physical suffering and sins he had committed and was seeking divine wisdom
He is arguably England’s most notorious monarch, known for beheading wives who displeased him and advisers who dared challenge him. Every aspect of Henry VIII’s reign, and his life with his six wives, has been pored over in academic papers, books and documentary films, leaving little, seemingly, left to unearth.university professor has stumbled across fresh evidence of the inner turmoil of England’s most famous king that has eluded Tudor scholars for centuries.
One manicule King Henry drew has a finger pointing at the passage: “Turn away thine anger from me, that I may know that thou art more merciful unto me than my sins deserve.” The King also executed hermits, nuns, monks and other clergy who refused to comply after his break from the Roman Catholic Church, including John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, who produced the original Latin version of Psalms or Prayers, the text that the Queen Consort translated.
One passage he noted says “Take away thy plagues from me, for thy punishment hath made me both feeble and faint.”
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