Cardinal Thomas Wolsey
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Renaissance
- Categories: Government and Politics, Religion, Ethics
- Subcategories: Politicians, Diplomats, Reformation, Christianity, Christians, Churches, Priests, Ministers, Clergy, Catholic Church, Catholics
- Curriculum: British History, Renaissance History, Medieval History/Middle Ages
Article abstract: By combining in himself the highest lay administrative post of chancellor and the religious position of papal legate a latere, Wolsey paved the way for the combining of church and state under Henry VIII.
Early Life
Thomas Wolsey was the child of Robert Wulcy, a butcher, from Ipswich, Suffolk, and his wife, Joan. Sent at an early age to Oxford, he received his B.A. at the age of fifteen. He became a Fellow at Magdalen College in 1497, soon after receiving his M.A. and becoming first junior and then senior bursar there. Forced to resign...
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