Henry VIII’s erratic behavior was likely caused by an NFL-style injury, argue Yale researchers

Phys ^ | February 3, 2016 | Bill Hathaway

[Tzimisce]

They’re going to take your football America.

I’m glad you don’t care. *shrug*

[nickcarraway]

Johnny Wifekill

[beaversmom]

Henry VIII ping...

[LYDIAONTARIO]

Or he was just evil by choice

[sodpoodle]

****Traumatic brain injury explains the memory problems, explosive anger, inability to control impulses****

Did Trump play football?

[Snickering Hound]

Or over the years he realized exactly how much he could get away with and who to eliminate to stay in power and sustain the Tudor dynasty.

[humblegunner]

Henry suffered two major head injuries during his 30s. In 1524, a lance penetrated the visor of his helmet during a jousting tournament and dazed him. A year later, he was knocked out when he fell head-first into a brook he was trying to vault across with a pole.

Homeboy sounds like a redneck.

"Hold my goblet and watch this!"

I'll give him a thumbs-up.

[Tennessee Nana]

He might have had a stroke...

same results...

[fso301]

The Left will leave no stone unturned in its relentless effort to destroy America and Western Civilization.

[nickcarraway]

Lol. That wimp? Never.

[Red Badger]

Whatever the cause, England wound up with Elizabeth I, their greatest monarch. Maybe it was God’s hand?.............

[ifinnegan]

Here is the real fact: they are simply speculating. In other words making it up.

[CincyRichieRich]

The Left’s hate of the NFL is a paradox...pink ribbons...pink uniforms...84% are black and most vote for democrats...must be just the owners they want to milk dry. Reparations say until the owners give ownership equal shares to the players then they’ll not be satisfied...I think I just figured it out.

[miss marmelstein]

Are NFL players knocked out for longer than half an hour?

Of course, Henry was acting strange way before his jousting incident. Nasty little child - but what can you expect from the son of Henry VII?

[ErnBatavia]

He not only looked like Michael Moore, but there’s quite a similarity in those “symptoms”....

[chae]

I read an interesting theory about this, it mentions “Kell-Mcleod” syndrome as a possible cause.

http://www.theanneboleynfiles.com/henry-viii-kell-positive-blood-type-and-mcleod-syndrome-part-two-guest-post-by-kyra-kramer/

[Mears]

Does anyone care enough about this for Yale to do a study?

Some researchers have too much time on their hands.(Or money to spend.)

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[JimSEA]

Traumatic Brain Injury is the injury and resulting illness of the day. Now there might well be a rush to explain history as a result of the obsession if the moment.

[katana]

He was extremely tall for his time and a superb athlete in his youth in the sports of jousting and indoor tennis, sixteenth century style, especially. I’ve seen his armor displayed and his calves were the diameter of most guy’s thighs. And then after a severe injury and “retirement” from active sports all that muscle turned to fat. But based on the family history of the Tudors and other royal families of that time his temper and cruelty were not exactly unusual. A contemporary of his daughter Elizabeth, and one of her many albeit not serious in his case suitors, was a certain Russian Czar by the name of Ivan.