Henry VIII May Have Suffered Traumatic Brain Injuries

Archaeology ^ | Friday, March 04, 2016

[Larry Lucido]

Explains why he was always going around saying “I’m Henry the VII, I am I am.”

[Larry Lucido]

Henry the VIII

Flubbed it.

[Spunky]

"......two Muslims diminishing the man who effectively had the King James Bible published is suspect."

Henry VIII is the wrong King. That would be King James. Hence the King James Bible.

[Smokin' Joe]

The Pox works. It also affects the brain and the junk.

[Guenevere]

King James 1 was the son of Mary Queen of Scots ( beheaded by Queen Elizabeth, her cousin)

When Elizabeth died ...childless.....James ( of Scotland) became King.

James wasn’t keen on the Presbyterian influence in Scotland nor of the Puritans, who were.

Calling for a new Bible ( he rejected the Geneva Bible) he ordained the making of the King James Bible.

[Smokin' Joe]

There is a reason they don't call it the King Henry Bible...he had made such a muddle of things, James wanted "That a translation be made of the whole Bible, as consonant as can be to the original Hebrew and Greek; and this to be set out and printed, without any marginal notes, and only to be used in all churches of England in time of divine service." more at source

In a way, the muddle made by Henry was responsible for that, but that would be like thanking the landslide for your new home.

[bigdaddy45]

Not a history scholar, are you.

[manc]

ISIS must loves marriage then.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Well Civ,

You gotta admit Henry lived large. So much stuff then that would kill you, so GO BIG OR GO HOME!

[Ken H]

‘I’m Henry VIII, I am. Or is it VII? This is confusing!’

[RedMDer]

Henry the VIII had a bad memory.

:)

[Larry Lucido]

And apparently it’s ‘Enery the Eighth.

[Still Thinking]

....and speaking of traumatic brain injury, Peter Noone appears to be having some kind of seizure there! ;)

[RedMDer]

LOL! Right!

[Still Thinking]

With all due respect, two Muslims diminishing the man who effectively had the King James Bible published is suspect.

And mighty big of him to name it after another king!

[MIchaelTArchangel]

Or maybe he was just a typical British monarch.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

With all due respect, two Muslims diminishing the man who effectively had the King James Bible published is suspect.

That would be James I of England (James VI of Scotland), who was the successor of Henry VIII's daughter, Elizabeth I.

[beaversmom]

Also discussed here:

Henry VIII’s erratic behavior was likely caused by an NFL-style injury, argue Yale researchers
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3393781/posts

[gleeaikin]

No doubt Anne was the love of his life, and combined with traumatic brain injury didn’t help. IN the recent BBC series about his life and his minister Cromwell, they show his behavior changing after a head injury. I think it was called “Wolf of Wolf Hall” or something like that.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

1536 is when Henry executed Anne Bolyn. My wife has studied this subject extensively and believes he destroyed himself when he did this, because Anne was the love of his life.

By most accounts, Henry had already begun his pursuit of Jane Seymour while he was married to Anne Boleyn. He became engaged to Jane Seymour one day after he beheaded Anne Boleyn and married her 10 days afterward.

That doesn't sound like a man for whom Anne Boleyn was the love of his life. I tend to agree with the guys in the article, and it's not an original theory - many historians and researchers have traced Henry's violence to his jousting accident. Possible brain damage, or chronic pain from the injuries.

But it should be noted that Henry had already disposed of Catherine, the wife he'd been married to for 20 years by then, and had turned on Thomas Wolsey, his advisor and chancellor since his boyhood - he would likely have killed Wolsey if Wolsey hadn't obliged him by dying first. Even without any jousting accident, Henry was a brutal monarch.