Cardinal Wolsey


Read by Pamela Nagami

(4.6 stars; 11 reviews)

Cardinal Thomas Wolsey (1473-1530) will always be remembered as the Lord Chancellor who fell from power when he failed to obtain the annulment of King Henry VIII's marriage to Catherine of Aragon. The eminent British historian, Mandell Creighton, writes that Wolsey was branded by Tudor historians as "the minion of the Pope, and the upholder of a foreign despotism." But the publication in the nineteenth century of the mass of documents relating to the reign of Henry VIII made possible a truer assessment of the visionary schemes of the great cardinal and of his underlying patriotism. In his patient diplomacy and careful construction of alliances, the author concludes that "at a great crisis of European history he impressed England with a sense of her own importance and secured for her a leading position in European affairs." - Summary by Pamela Nagami (7 hr 30 min)

Chapters

Ch. 1: The State of Europe, 1494-1512 32:55 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 2: The French Alliance, 1512-1515 33:30 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 3: The Universal Peace, 1515-1518 34:20 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 4: The Field of the Cloth of Gold, 1518-1520 29:23 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 5: The Conference of Calais, 1520-1521 37:17 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 6: The Imperial Alliance, 1521-1523 34:43 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 7: Renewal of Peace, 1523-1527 45:16 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 8: Wolsey's Domestic Policy, Pt. 1 28:03 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 8: Wolsey's Domestic Policy, Pt. 2 27:21 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 9: The King's Divorce, 1527-1529, Pt. 1 39:24 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 9: The King's Divorce, 1527-1529, Pt. 2 29:14 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 10: The Fall of Wolsey, 1529-1530, Pt. 1 27:41 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 10: The Fall of Wolsey, 1529-1530, Pt. 2 28:43 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 11: The Work of Wolsey 23:02 Read by Pamela Nagami

Reviews

A MAN OUT OF TIME


(5 stars)

A fine examination of a man generally associated mainly with the divorce problem. The author's most telling analysis was that Wolsey tried to serve the nation at a time when one could only serve the monarch. Well-read by PN as usual.