Perhaps few periods of English history are more remarkable than that which comprised the fortunes of Wolsey; a period which had to boast the most illustrious potentates who have ever filled the thrones of Europe. The age of Henry was also that of Leo, of Charles, and of Francis:--a period big with political events of singular interest:--the captivity of the French monarch and of the Roman Pontiff,--the sacking of Rome,--the divorce of Queen Katherine,--and the train of circumstances which led the way to the Reformation,--Events in which Wolsey's hand may be often traced, and in some of which he was a principal actor. The record of his life and its vicissitudes,--his humble origin--his toweri…
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