How did Cardinal Wolsey die in Wolf Hall – and why is he in season 2?

How did Cardinal Wolsey die in Wolf Hall – and why is he in season 2?

What Wolf Hall’s Cardinal Wolsey (Jonathan Pryce) may lack in screen time, he certainly makes up for in plot relevance, with the events of the first season largely revolving around his lonely demise. The religious leader was a mentor of sorts to Thomas Cromwell (Mark Rylance) and a powerful figure while in favour with King Henry VIII (Damian Lewis), but that all changed as the monarch’s marriage to Catherine of Aragon (Joanne Whalley) fell apart…