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DaveRo	BS: Henry VIII - The Mind of a Tyrant (77* d)	RE: BS: Henry VIII - The Mind of a Tyrant	11 Nov 17
Big Al Whittle wrote: There were,as I remember, 72 thousand executions in England during his reign. You remember? Plausible estimate - but probably inflated by Catholic propaganda in France and Spain. Thompson wrote: Stalin was only trotting behind them in terms of killings "Between 200,000 to 600,000 people died at the hands of the Soviet government during the Purge. (wikiP) Stu wrote: The dissolution of the monasteries was one of the greatest acts of terror and cultural vandalism ever inflicted on the people of this country. Terror? Henry wanted their riches - he didn't murder the monks and nuns AFAIK. Cultural vandalism - possibly - but he didn't foresee the leisure industry and tbe National Trust. The Sandman wrote: all the tudors were despicable unlike richard the third Henry VII wasn't so bad.

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