lots more turblulent periods in British history really, naomi - Roman invasion, Alfred fighting back the Danes, the Normans, the Anarchy while Stephen and Matilda fought each other, the Black Death and huge social changes that followed, the Wars of the Roses, the socio-religious changes that brought the Civil Wars, the growth of two British empires, the industrial and agrarian revolutions, the digital revolution (ongoing) - honestly, Henry VIII wouldn't even be in my top ten, and that's only English history for the first two thirds of it.