What was Henry VIII's early life like?

Answer 1

Henry was a very fun-loving person, he loved sport and hunting while he was young, and when he was old it was a burden to him that he could no longer be athetic. He was scholarly, and studied religion, he considered himself a buff on the subject. He would have told you he was very pious, and he did go to many masses a day, throughout his life. He was very selfish,vain, in his older years he was very tempermental, one moment happy and the next upset. He was very sensitive, and was also a warm, caring person. I dislike it when people simply name him as "evil", when they in fact do not know enough about him to make such a judgement. He was a man, with all the flaws we all have. But I believe that, all in all, Henry was a good man.

Answer 2

Henry VIII Character

• Momma's boy
• Romantic - believed he could marry for love
• Charismatic
• Believer in chivalry
• Wanted to be immortally remembered
• Reversed most of his father's policies and executed many of his councillors
• Lover of hunting and participating in jousting, as well as dancing and Wrestling
• Fond of food and drink
• Could be deeply interested in business -- last monarch for 100 years to attend a debate in the House of Lords, had personal interviews with 108 ambassadors in the last 7 years of his life
• Had all state documents drawn up with space in the margins so he could scribble comments
• possessed an amazing memory, he was [supposedly] able to recall the names of every servant employed by the royal households and all the grants of land or money which he had ever signed
• hated reading or writing long documents or attending his council of advisors, or making major policy decisions
• loved the minutiae of government
• highly intelligent, had a huge library of over 1000 books, all of which he read (he has written annotations all over them)
• could discuss many topics such as astronomy, ballistics and shipping with experts
• Chronic gambler -- lost over £3000 pounds in two years on cards
• Although obsessed with knowledge, his one book, a refute to Martin Luther's theories, is little more than a collection of quotations from others and does not respond to any of his arguments
• Charming, boisterously affectionate, desire to please
• Overly flamboyant (weeks of crying after Catherine Howard's unfaithfulness to him)
• Frequent tantrums when his policies did not work
• Very execution-happy
• Incompetent general with disastrous foreign policy decisions such as the Reformation which left him in the bad books of every European superpower
• Savagely punished failure in his ministers and encouraged them to inform on each other

Answer 3

When he was young Henry was very athletic and liked sports, hunting and fighting. He was considered charming and witty.

However as he ruled and grew older he showed himself to be greedy, short tempered and lecherous. He robbed the monasteries for money after spending all the money his father had saved. He had many affairs even though he killed one of his wives for suspected infidelity and he turned on his friends and advisors when they didn't agree with him.

At the end of his rule he was not a popular king and is generally considered to have been a "bad" king.

Answer 4

He was quite a strict man up until his old age where he got very old and gentle with his last wife Catherine Parr. He was quite a strict man up until his old age where he got very old and gentle with his last wife Catherine Parr.

Answer 5

According to the Venitian Ambassador who saw Henry when he was 25, he stated, 'His majesty is tall, and with a beautiful fair complexion, auburn hair cut in the French fashion and a round face so very beautiful it would become a pretty woman."

Answer 6

Henry VIII is reported to have very handsome when he was young. He was also very athletic and poetic.

Answer 7

Henry was an arrogant man who was fat and chubby

Answer 8

His early life was a good life as he was spoil and was educated by his Grandmother he was a young precocious boy.

Answer 9

Fat!