Assertion: henry's minister | /r/HasProperty | thomas cromwell
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text: In 1538, the chief minister Thomas Cromwell pursued an extensive campaign against what his government termed "idolatry" practiced under the old religion, culminating in September with the dismantling of the shrine of St. Thomas Becket at Canterbury.
text: In particular, historian G. R. Elton has argued that one such minister, Thomas Cromwell, led a "Tudor revolution in government" quite independent of the king, whom Elton presented as an opportunistic, essentially lazy participant in the nitty-gritty of politics.