Henry VIII May Have Suffered Traumatic Brain Injuries
Muhammad Qaiser Ikram
Fazle Hakim Saijad
Department of Muslim studies at Yale?
Arash Salardini
May be part of the same team. Arash is an Iranian name, isn’t it?
Or he just got the college tuition bills for his kids...
MacLeod syndrome is a much more compelling theory.
My deep prejudice for anything even remotely muslim sounding makes me question anything they say, write, research, publish, etc whether there is an anti western agenda involved..
With all due respect, two Muslims diminishing the man who effectively had the King James Bible published is suspect.
If that makes me a bad person, so be it.
Henry was injured during a jousting tournament when a lance penetrated his visor, and he received another blow to the head while attempting to pole-vault over a brook. In 1536, a horse fell on him during...
A clumsier child you’ll never see than Horace; I bet he broke 6 wives......
(True Grit ref)
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. Whether you agree with his goals or not, Henry believed in what he was doing, and that his war with the Church was divinely guided and commanded for him to do. To succeed, however, he needed an heir and Anne couldn't give him one (she had multiple "miscarriages" that could easily have been from poison in her food). So he felt he had to get rid of her in order to marry someone who would give him his heir. But doing so broke his heart, damaged his mind and he never recovered - he was dead ten years later. There were other strategic issues involved with the Church, too, but that's the gist of it.
Explains why he was always going around saying “I’m Henry the VII, I am I am.”
The Pox works. It also affects the brain and the junk.
Well Civ,
You gotta admit Henry lived large. So much stuff then that would kill you, so GO BIG OR GO HOME!
‘I’m Henry VIII, I am. Or is it VII? This is confusing!’
Or maybe he was just a typical British monarch.
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
