was HVIII a normal man?
He certainly was a very dangerous individual from whom it was best to keep your distance.
God is subtle, but He is not malicious. (Albert Einstein)
Some people believe he suffered a brain injury from a jousting accident, and his behavior changed after that. http://tudorhistory.org/blog/2009/04/18/more-on-the-henry-viii-jousting-incident/
shareA brain injury: that is most regrettable.
God is subtle, but He is not malicious. (Albert Einstein)
He deliberately tortured, imprisoned and executed even his personal friends and betrayed such good [noble] people as the Pilgrimage of Grace in 1536.
He also knew that anyone sentenced to death was not offending God etc but merely disagreeing with his own weak, stupid and whimsical fancies.