As such, one can assume that Henry VIII had no interest in moving Henry VI from Windsor after 1512.
As such, one can assume that Henry VIII had no interest in moving Henry VI from Windsor after 1512. The cult of Henry VI continued to flourish through the sixteenth century, and the cause was still being examined in Rome when the English Reformation occurred. The time for a medieval English royal saint had passed, as England then had a church with the monarch as the Supreme Head. What need was there for a saintly relative? By 1611, Henry VI’s tomb at Windsor, though not built as a saint’s shrine, was dismantled, and his resting place lost for over 300 years.— Anna M. Duch, “Chasing St Louis: the English monarchy’s pursuit of sainthood”, The Routledge History of Monarchy (2019) -- source link
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