Wolsey, Thomas

Japanese: ウルジー（英語表記）Wolsey， Thomas

Born: circa 1473, Ipswich
Died: November 29, 1530, Leicester. English clergyman and politician. He was said to have been born to a butcher. He entered the priesthood and was accepted at the court of Henry VII and then Henry VIII in 1507. He was appointed Privy Councillor in 1511, Archbishop of York in 1514, and Cardinal and Lord Chancellor in 1515. After he became Lord Chancellor, he gradually gained control of all departments where the king and the Privy Council issued official orders. He used his other ranks and powers to amass great power in his own right, and played an active role as Henry VIII's right-hand man, contributing to the improvement of England's international status. However, he fell from grace after failing to obtain permission for the king's divorce from the Pope, was arrested for treason, and died of an illness on his way from York to London. Hampton Court Palace and Whitehall Palace were built by him.

Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica Concise Encyclopedia About Encyclopaedia Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Information

Japanese:

[生]1473頃.イプスウィッチ
[没]1530.11.29. レスター
イギリスの聖職者，政治家。肉屋の子に生れたといわれる。聖職につき，1507年以来ヘンリー7世，続いてヘンリー8世の宮廷に入って認められ，11年枢密顧問官，14年ヨーク大司教となり，15年には枢機卿，大法官に任じられた。大法官に就任すると，王や枢密院が公式の命令を出すすべての部門を次第に掌握するようになり，以後その他位と権力を大いに活用して強大な権力を一身に集め，ヘンリー8世の片腕として活躍し，イギリスの国際的地位の向上に貢献した。しかし国王の離婚許可を教皇から得るのに失敗して失脚，反逆罪で逮捕され，ヨークからロンドンにおもむく途中病死。なお，ハンプトンコート宮とホワイトホール宮は，彼の造営に成る。

出典　ブリタニカ国際大百科事典小項目事典ブリタニカ国際大百科事典小項目事典について　情報

<<: Urushi-e (lacquer painting)

>>: Urushi (lacquer) - Rhus verniciflua; sumac