A ioyfull medytacyon to all Englonde of the coronacyon of our moost naturall souerayne lorde kynge Henry the eyght

The invention of printing allowed for the distribution of lucrative commercial news as brochures or illustrated broadsheets. The illustration shown here is a leaflet that depicts the coronation of Henry VIII of England (1491–1547) and his wife Catherine of Aragon (1485–1536).

Stephen Hawes: A ioyfull medytacyon to all Englonde of the coronacyon of our moost naturall souerayne lorde kynge Henry the eyght, woodcut illustration of a broadsheet, London 1509, reproduced by the kind permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library.