Henry VIII Was the Worst Monarch, According to History Writers

Henry VIII Was the Affliction Monarch, According to History Writers, Between beheading two of his six wives, sentencing hundreds of his capacity to death, and breaking his country abroad from the Catholic Church, is it any admiration that humans today anticipate Henry VIII was affectionate of, well, the worst?

A barter accumulation of authors and publishers accepted as the Historical Writers Association surveyed added than 60 arresting writers to ascertain which of the world’s accomplished rulers deserve the appellation of “Worst Autocrat in History.” The crimson was bestowed aloft Henry VIII, who won with a whopping 20 percent of the vote. Following him was Edward VIII, who accustomed 14 percent, and Charles I and John I, who angry at 8 percent.

What qualities fabricated Henry VIII added abhorrent than his heavy-handed and base counterparts? Respondents didn’t chip their words, The Guardian reports, and alleged the Tudor autocrat aggregate from “a gross man-child” to “a egoistic wife assassin and tyrant.”

On the added end of the spectrum, Queen Elizabeth won “Best Autocrat in History" by 36 percent. Trailing abaft were Alexander the Great at 10 percent and Henry II at 6 percent. Considering that Queen Elizabeth was Henry VIII's daughter, her win should abate everyone's abstruse abhorrence that they'll anytime abound up to become their parents. 
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