По милости короля. Роман о Генрихе VIII

Annotat͡sii͡a k knige "Po milosti koroli͡a. Roman o Genrikhe VIII" Uėĭr Ė.:Figura ėtogo praviteli͡a chrezvychaĭno protivorechiva. Dli͡a svoikh sovremennikov Genrikh VIII iz dinastii Ti͡udorov byl velikim korolem. Monarkh-idealist, on rasshiril parlament, osnoval Korolevskiĭ voenno-morskoĭ flot, moderniziroval medit͡sinskoe obrazovanie. On sochini͡al muzyku i stikhi, obozhal ryt͡sarskie turniry, pokrovitelʹstvoval iskusstvam. V molodye gody obrazovannyĭ i odarennyĭ print͡s schitalsi͡a voploshcheniem mnogikh dobrodeteleĭ, i u nego byli vse kachestva, chtoby prevratitʹ svoe pravlenie v podlinnyĭ triumf angliĭskogo Vozrozhdenii͡a. Odnako ono ostalosʹ v istorii prezhde vsego kak vremi͡a opasnykh intrig i krovoprolitii͡a. Genrikh razorval otnoshenii͡a s papoĭ rimskim i osnoval sobstvennui͡u t͡serkovʹ, razoril monastyri, obezglavil dvukh svoikh zhen i prognal dvukh drugikh. On umer podozritelʹnym, tuchnym, izmuchennym nedugami tiranom, sostarivshimsi͡a ranʹshe sroka. Tem ne menee proshlo uzhe pochti pi͡atʹ stoletiĭ, a pami͡atʹ o nem zhiva. Ne pora li koroli͡u, navsegda izmenivshemu gosudarstvennoe ustroĭstvo Anglii, zamolvitʹ za sebi͡a slovo? Vpervye na russkom! Chitatʹ dalʹshe…

Summary of the book "By the grace of the King. The novel about Henry VIII" Ware E.: The figure of this ruler is extremely controversial. To his contemporaries, Henry VIII of the Tudor dynasty was a great king. An idealistic monarch, he expanded parliament, founded the Royal Navy, and modernized medical education. He composed music and poetry, adored jousting tournaments, and patronized the arts. In his younger years, the educated and gifted prince was considered the embodiment of many virtues, and he had all the qualities to turn his reign into a genuine triumph of the English Renaissance. However, it remained in history primarily as a time of dangerous intrigues and bloodshed. Henry broke off relations with the pope and founded his own church, ruined monasteries, beheaded two of his wives and drove away two others. He died a suspicious, obese, ailing tyrant who aged prematurely. Nevertheless, almost five centuries have passed, and the memory of him is alive. Isn't it time for the king, who has forever changed the state structure of England, to put in a word for himself? For the first time in Russian! Read more…