Thomas Cromwell, 1st conte di Essex, KG (c.. 1485 – 28 luglio 1540), fu un avvocato e statista inglese che servì come capo ministro del re Enrico VIII d'Inghilterra dal 1532 al 1540. Cromwell era uno dei più forti e potenti sostenitori della riforma inglese. Aiutò ad ingegnerizzare l'annullamento del matrimonio del re con la regina Caterina d'Aragona per permettere a Enrico di sposare la sua padrona Anne Boleyn. Dopo aver mancato nel 1534 di ottenere l'approvazione da parte del Papa della richiesta di annullamento, il Parlamento approvò l'affermazione del Re di essere capo della Chiesa separatrice d'Inghilterra, dando così ad Enrico l'autho

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Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex, KG (c. 1485 – 28 July 1540), was an English lawyer and statesman who served as chief minister to King Henry VIII of England from 1532 to 1540. Cromwell was one of the strongest and most powerful advocates of the English Reformation. He helped to engineer an annulment of the king's marriage to Queen Catherine of Aragon to allow Henry to marry his mistress Anne Boleyn. After failing in 1534 to obtain the Pope's approval of the request for annulment, Parliament endorsed the King's claim to be head of the breakaway Church of England, thus giving Henry the authority to annul his own marriage. Cromwell subsequently plotted an evangelical, reformist course for the embryonic Church of England from the unique posts of vicegerent in spirituals and vicar-general. During his rise to power, Cromwell made many enemies, including his former ally Anne Boleyn; he played a prominent role in her downfall. He later fell from power after arranging the King's marriage to a German princess, Anne of Cleves. Cromwell hoped that the marriage would breathe fresh life into the Reformation in England, but because Henry found his new bride unattractive, it turned into a disaster for Cromwell and ended in an annulment six months later. Cromwell was arraigned under a bill of attainder and executed for treason and heresy on Tower Hill on 28 July 1540. The King later expressed regret at the loss of his chief minister.

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