tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16981893.post2373694109066720492..comments2024-03-28T15:16:29.965-05:00Comments on Tudor Q and A: Question from Paul - Psychology of Henry VIIILarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16630629272030282584noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16981893.post-62858184435890631672012-04-21T11:53:43.290-05:002012-04-21T11:53:43.290-05:00Actually, the syphilis argument has been pretty we...Actually, the syphilis argument has been pretty well discredited. If you search this blog on the term you'll see some interesting comments about it in previous threads.Larahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16630629272030282584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16981893.post-43530311484227410912012-04-21T03:33:22.844-05:002012-04-21T03:33:22.844-05:00Was Henry VIII insane? Now there's an interes...Was Henry VIII insane? Now there's an interesting question! I am tempted to say no, that it was just a case of absolute power corrupting absolutely.<br /><br />However, it is widely held that Henry had syphilis (not sure when he contracted it) and that could have made him insane. Also, Henry had a way of convincing himself that anything he desired was God's will. If you apply the Mcnaughton rule (defined as: ..it must be clearly proved that, at the time of committing the act, the party accused was labouring under such a defect of reason, from disease of the mind, as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing, or, if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong.) Henry could have been considered legally insane!Mary Rnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16981893.post-23582139226736397022012-04-16T06:04:37.930-05:002012-04-16T06:04:37.930-05:00Hello Paul,
I would heartily recommend you book b...Hello Paul,<br /><br />I would heartily recommend you book by Suzannah Lipscomb - "1536: the Year that changed Henry VIII". It is a really magnificent book that describes changes in Henry's psychology that year, and explores many different layers of his psychology.Sylwiahttp://www.anne-boleyn.com/engnoreply@blogger.com