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Thomas Cromwell - the first English socialist?
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Thomas Cromwell in 1532 painted by Hans Holbein the Younger
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WELL, in truth not really, but there’s certainly something to admire in working-class lad Thomas Cromwell, especially in his empathetic portrayal by Mark Rylance.
Certainly, against the entitled mob of Tudor aristocrats he confronts, he appears as a true “Man of the People.”
This wasn’t really the case (his mother was from the gentry), but Cromwell was looked down upon by the court, who despised his relatively humble origins, legal knowledge, multilingual ability, and formidable intelligence.
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