1.	Osobnost Jindřicha VIII.

1.1.	Proč je osobnost Jindřicha VIII. pro nás zajímavá

1.2.	Co dělá Jindřicha Jindřichem

2.	První kroky

2.1.	Klidné očekávání koruny

2.2.	Jindřich VIII. - naděje Anglie

3.	Kateřina Aragonská

3.1.	Ne tak jednoduchá svatba, jak mohla být

3.2.	Vztah Kateřiny a Jindřicha – vzájemný respekt

3.3.	Změna okolností – pokud o rozvod s Kateřinou

4.	Shakespearův Jindřich VIII.

4.1.	Opravdové zobrazení historických událostí?

4.2.	Jindřichovy city

5.	Jeho Veličenstvo král a rádcové

5.1.	Thomas Wolsey – jeho vzestup a pád

5.2.	Thomas Moore a Jindřich jako teolog

"Henry VIII (1491 – 1547) is probably the most famous king of England; or maybe more accurately said, the most infamous. His reign lasted for thirty eight years and he had managed to become a redoubtable ruler. He wielded perhaps the most untrammelled power of any English monarch. However, why is it that, even now, he is such an interesting figure for us? Is it for his famous six marriages? Or is it just because the world is so obsessed to hear about despot rulers? Was his personality so fascinating to guarantee him the eternal glory? Maybe if he had been born as a peasant’s son he would have become a kind and pleasant person. What really made him be the Henry he was?
Henry was the second son of Henry VII, first of the Tudor line, and Elizabeth, daughter of Edward IV, first king of the short-lived line of York. As for being the second son, his succession was not definite at first. However, very soon he became the heir of the throne. His elder brother, Arthur, died in 1502 and left Henry with the certainty of being the only successor. Another four of Henry’s siblings, similarly to Arthur, did not survive infancy and predeceased their father. Beside Henry, there were only two daughters of Henry VII and Elizabeth who lived to see their brother as the king of England; Margaret, afterwards Queen of Scotland, and Mary, afterwards Queen of France and Duchess of Suffolk. Henry, of all the Tudor monarchs, he alone spent his childhood in calm expectation of the crown. Unworried seven years of waiting for his father’s death certainly made the first marks into his personality. Henry became a self-asserting, wilful and effervescent person used to have anything he wanted.
However, he was undoubtedly an exceptional child and youth. He possessed an extraordinary talent for book learning and amazed anyone by his significant appearance. He is said to be six feet tall and powerfully built and also considered as a tireless athlete, huntsman and dancer. With all these qualities he definitely embodied a great hope for the kingdom and brought the faith in better future; especially after the reign of his father, Henry VII, who was considered being an acquisitive and anxious man and therefore not very popular. The only thing that had to be sorted out was the future ‘Queen Consort’ and Henry’s father did not go too far for the solution. Henry VII, longing for a marital alliance between England and Spain, intended to arrange the betrothal of Henry and Catherine of Argon, former wife of Arthur. Such act was indeed almost scandalous; however, Catherine herself maintained that her marriage with Arthur had never been consummated. At the end, although it was not ultimately necessary, the Pope bestowed his dispensation being urged by both Henry VII and Catherine’s mother, Queen Isabella. Therefore, one year after Arthur’s death, in 1503, Catherine and Henry got engaged. A few years later, in 1509 when Henry VII died, the new King Henry VIII had his Queen Consort and new era might have begun. Henry’s accession was hailed with universal acclamation."

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