Making the real Thomas Cromwell stand up

As part of 'The British Academy 10-Minute Talks' on YouTube, Revd Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch Kt FBA talks about how to understand Thomas Cromwell, even though so many of Cromwell's own letters have vanished from his vast surviving archive. Speaker: Revd Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch Kt FBA, Professor of the History of the Church, University of Oxford; Fellow, St Cross College, Oxford The British Academy convenes research insights from across the disciplines we represent. The views expressed in our videos are those of the contributors and do not reflect the views of the British Academy. Viewers are welcome to make comments on videos. Comments are governed by the policies of YouTube. We do not monitor or moderate comments and will not reply to them. The world’s leading professors explain the latest thinking in the humanities and social sciences in just 10 minutes. 10-Minute Talks are a new series of pre-recorded talks from Fellows of the British Academy screened each Wednesday, 13:00-13:10, on YouTube. Our speakers will be available between 13:10 and 13:30 on the day of their talk to answer questions in the YouTube comments section (questions can be added to the YouTube comments section or sent via email: [email protected]). For a transcript of this talk, visit our website: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/p... Find out more about the British Academy: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/ For future events, visit our website: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/e... Subscribe to our email newsletter: https://email.thebritishacademy.ac.uk... Thomas Cromwell: A Life by Diarmaid MacCulloch FBA: https://www.waterstones.com/book/thom... © Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex by Hans Holbein the Younger / CC National Portrait Gallery, London