From the "Twelve English Statesmen," series of books. A brief history of Cardinal Thomas Wolsey who helped shape England's foreign policy through the early part of Henry VIII's reign, and beyond, along with his subsequent fall from grace when he failed to procure the King's divorce. - Summary by cavaet
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
Chapter One: The State of Europe. 1494-1512
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Chapter Two: The French Alliance. 1512-1515
25:37 - Chapter 3
Chapter Three: The Universal Peace. 1515-1518
24:39 - Chapter 4
Chapter Four: The Field of the Cloth of Gold
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Chapter Five: The Conference of Calais. 1520-1521
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Chapter Six: The Imperial Alliance. 1521-1523
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Chapter Seven: The Renewal of Peace. 1523-1527
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Chapter Eight: Wolsey's Domestic Policy
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Chapter Nine: The King's Divorce, 1527-1529
50:51 - Chapter 10
Chapter Ten: The Fall of Wolsey. 1529-1530
39:40 - Chapter 11
Chapter Eleven: The Work of Wolsey
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