tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16981893.post8043508068046339392..comments2024-03-12T09:13:36.135-05:00Comments on Tudor Q and A: Question from CasaNova73099 - Conflict between Wolsey, Norfolk, and Thomas BoleynLarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16630629272030282584noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16981893.post-36307926958815980332015-02-01T18:47:18.161-06:002015-02-01T18:47:18.161-06:00It was in part a matter of power and influence. Ca...It was in part a matter of power and influence. Cardinal Wolsey was the senior churchman in England, while Thomas Howard was the senior noble. Wolsey had more influence with the king than did Howard, and thus more power, and that rankled with Howard. Pushing his distant relation Anne Boleyn forward as a new wife for the king was itself an attempt by Howard at gaining favor and thus greater influence and power. Also consider the traditional generalized struggle between the church and the nobility for power in the realm (e.g.: Henry II and Thomas Beckett). PhD Historianhttp://www.somegreymatter.comnoreply@blogger.com