The Rise and Fall of Cardinal Wolsey 

As always a great video Hilbert. One minor point Charles V was the son of Juanita the Mad , Catherine's sister and therefore Catherine's nephew not her uncle.

5 years later and still waiting for the Cromwell video

great video, thanks! My wife loves this period. We were in Ludlow yesterday and she wouldn't shut up about Henry and poor old Arthur.

Het is zo leuk om een youtuber te vinden uit Nederland met die net zo geobsedeerd is met geschiedenis als ik. Echt geweldige video's!

Cardinal Wolsey seems like a really nice guy that earned his position through hard work and despite the opposition of nobility. What a shame he was given an impossible task to do and that essentially killed him.

I just found this channel. There are no other true docs about Wolsey on You Tube. That's a shame. I dig this though. More this please.

Very insightful video for sure man, love the historical background and events that you presented. I am trying to write this book and the reign of Francis I will be mentioned in retrospect by some characters.

Another great episode, as always! Please do an episode on Arthur, Prince of Wales and Catherine.

Thanks a lot for this useful video. I am researching Richard III and I am reading a wonderful book called "Shakespeare and the Remains of Richard III". So...in chapter one, the author discusses body politics during Medieval and Renaissance England, more precisely how royal corpses were discursively manipulated to convey certain politically-correct assumptions so as to legitimate the current king. And there was an interesting connection between Richard III, Cardinal Wolsey, and Henry VIII. I obviously didn't have any idea who Wolsey was and here you are, with your wonderful, concise video that really shed some light on this topic for me. Really saved me some time and made the researching process go smoothly. Thanks! Really grateful, Hilbert! :)

Would it be possible for the music volume to be lowered a tad? I find it's drowning out your voice slightly. Otherwise great vid, really enjoyed it.

now this is a brilliant video keep this up good sir

Just discovered your channel today mate. I am fast become a fan.

This one was so great XD you're inspiring me to step up my game

Great guitar music on the background of an interesting video.

great video

Awesome video sir. Although the intellectual seriousness of the video is severely disrupted in the end when you hear the music from SUBNAUTCA of Game Society Pimps hahaha.

A1, thanks.

What is that music at about 6 minutes, none of those links have it, That medieval guitar stuff is very compelling.

Would love to see a video on Cardinal Richelieu!!

I'd love to see a vid on Thomas Tallis from the same period, not much info about him on RU-vid

Correct me if I'm wrong but I heard that Thomas Cromwell was a relative of Oliver Cromwell.

a can u maybe do vid do on Cornwall I don't know about much about Cornwall p.s keep u the good work

Great video. But I think you meant the battle of tours where the frankish defeated abdul rahman

Catherine of Aragon wasn't Charles V's niece, but Charles V's aunt

hi hilbernator, can u make this vid but on Thomas More, thanks

Would you say Henry the 8th’s personality was more Tudor or Woodville?

6:22 Charles Martel at the battle of Tours.

it sounds like Hilbert doesn't know what he's talking about at times

Henry vii classic Welsh flavored g

I wish I could be a Cardinal. I would look fab in all red with ruby rings and I would outstretch my bejewelled hand to the laity and they would kneel and kiss my ring.

“A decisive Shreking.” XD

thank yew hilbert

Henry married Katherine of Aragon because his late brother was betrothed to her.

Extra History's Suleiman series is one of my favorites, shows where the Ottomans started to slip down

4:36 lol!😊

Also the siege of Vienna took place on 1529.

Weren't the Netherlands called the united provinces back then under Charles the fifth?

Glorious orange duch flag

Was the star chamber not already set up by henry viiis reign

The original ’OG’ 😂

i was wondering if you could do a video on dutch paganism?

11:01 Why is there a dragon in the corner there?

This is the first time I've watched your channel. I thought it was very interesting but I'd suggest you get a new pet word other than essentially. I lost count of how many times you used it but if you expanded your vocabulary it would be more enjoyable for us the viewer and your good self. Apart from that I did like the information.

Where is sweden 3:37

Commoners also ''got ahead'' through becoming lawyers (Thomas Beckett) or were head hunted by nobility (especially courtiers), though the church was the main route to power/wealth for exceptional commoners.

Criminal you only have 5.5k subs

Catherine was actually the aunt of Charles.

the Pope ♗ is the vicar of Christ and his holy church king ♔ Henry was a tyrant he knew that that the Roman Catholic Church held the keys to the kingdom of heaven and that st Peter was the first pope ♗ king ♔ Henry believed most Catholic theology till his death he knew that if he did not repent on his death bed from his sins he would suffer the torments of hell 😈🔥 for all eternity king ♔ Henry knew that killing St Thomas more was an unpardonable sin against the holy Catholic Church and God deep in his heart king ♔ Henry knew that cardinal wolsey, cardinal John Fisher, and Saint Thomas more were men of God and the Pope ♗ was the head of the English church Christ's vicar ♗ on earth

I'm a big fan of your work, but your videos would be even better if you wrote out a script. That way you could avoid all the "I'm not sure, I'll have to look it up" type comments which bring down an otherwise entertaining and informative discussion. Sorry to be a bit negative, otherwise your stuff is great. :)

11:22 anyone see the dragon to the left?

Background music is too loud. Otherwise good,

Anne Boleyn might be described as a reformer or an Evangelical, but I’m not sure it’s accurate to describe her as a Protestant.

@ 6:52 the first siege of Vienna was in 1529 the second one (what you're thinking of) was in 1683.

Soooo... after that battle where the Frenchies were Shrecked, it was all ogre??

Nothing worse than a traitor at your back door.!!!

11:15 nigga are u kidding me? that's a renaissance fair if I ever seen one

Just found out I’m a relative of the guy

Wait a minute

charles was Catherines nephew

Castille and aragon.

the first and original original gangster

Wtf do you mean you "think" he went to Ipswich

Eureka!! Donald Trump is the reincarnation of Henry the 8th!!

Field of gold,lol

I thought he built the college at Ipswich rather than schooled there? FWIW.

‘Decisive shreking’

Cardinal Swolesley

Deus vult...

I understand what you meant with muslim powers comming in from Iberia and later from the Balkans , but they way you put it was horrificly too simplified , Ottomans connection with Cordoba (islamic caliphate in Iberia) was only the shared religion and nothing else ,also when the muslims invaded Iberia there were also muslims invading Anatolia witch was considerd part Europe because of the Bizantine Empire. so that could be seen as an agression twoards Europe

Very interesting but had to give up as music was so annoying. Not needed.

Had to give you a thumbs down - a praemunire is a decree which prevents appeals being to a higher authority with a matter which can be dealt with locally. For example Ferdinand I issued a praemunire against Jews appealing their cases to the pope when the inquisitorial courts can competently resolve cases with regard to Jews. Those who violated Ferdinand's praemunire were executed. Praemunire have been issued by barons counts against appeals to higher lords not necessarily regarding appeals to the pope.

Cromwell? As in THE Cromwell?

Ok, why do you have to play the dutch anthem each time you mention the dutch? I have seen several of your video's and this is the third time. It starts to get annoying.

Great history. Please lose the background music. It's distracting, annoying and adds nothing. Makes me turn you off.

Sell eachother out that's fine,dont do it here thanks.go home.lol

Good video but not entirely correct. There were two ways to raise your status in medieval societes. One was as you correctly pointed out the way of the church the other one was studying at an university like Oxford or Bologna at this time.

what's with the idiotic music, drum beats? Don't you think your mumble voice and the complexity of the topic is confusing enough that you don't have to add to it with annoying sound effects? what is with you people who think that the best way to share an intellectual topic is in stereo?

Cardinal Wolsey was a Defender of the Roman Catholic Church ⛪ till his last breath like Sir Thomas Moore! they were both loyal servant's to King ♔ Henry 8th but the Papacy ♗ and the Catholic Church ⛪ first!

Hahaha The French Troops surrendering and the white flag, must be prophetic of the memes yet to come.

you missed so much shit during 1522-1525

Wow, this is a really off the cuff poorly produced video. I expected better from you.

I'm not sure about this jacking of Cody's style.. I liked your previous style, leave the simplified kiddie drawings to the yank, yeah?

It's pronounced GEN-oa, not gen-O-a! You're European and you got that wrong? Ugh! I used to think you were great, I was planning on naming my first born after you, but now I've lost all respect for you.

Stop making annoying noises with your mouth when you begin to speak

Such vomit inducing displays of nationalism such as, breaking out into your national anthem and glorious portrayl of It's brave army are only helpful for earlier stated "vomit inductions". It would be to your advantage to leave them out of further videos, as you are an extremely smart man with a natural gift for story telling and clearly passionate about History.

Marmite is French for cooking pot....