Power Corrupts

Power Corrupts



Throughout the course of time, greed for power and wealth has allowed people to totally revise their natural ruling methods, love struggles, etc. During the middle ages the struggle for power and land was at its max. When you thought of a man who yearned for money, women, and power, one cannot have Henry VIII pop right into his mind. Even a “messenger of god” in Cardinal Thomas Woolsey had a yearning to become powerful. Even Anne Boleyn was corrupted when the throne was offered to her, no matter how rebellious she was. Man’s natural will for power and wealth WILL corrupt you if given the chance.
King Henry the VIII of England did not step to the throne without many interesting years ahead. Though popular with the people of England and also very talented politician he had many ups and downs throughout his tenure. Including the on-the-edge legality of his divorce with Catherine, the feud with the pope, and the framing of one of his wives. Henry w...