Cardinal Thomas Wolsey 1473-1530
Channel: Age of Enlightenment
Date: 2016-10-20

Mandell Creighton started this account of the life of Thomas Wolsey in 1888 with the following opening sentences; “All men are to be judged by what they do, and the way in which they do it. In the case of great statesmen there is  a third consideration which challenged our judgement – what they choose to do.” Wolsey was Lord Chancellor of England under Henry VIII and his choices mattered to a great number of people. 

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https://archive.org/details/cardinalwolsey00creigoog