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| Genre/Form: | Biography |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | Henry, King of England; Thomas Wriothesley Southampton, Earl of; Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex; Thomas Howard Norfolk, Duke of; Thomas More, Saint; Thomas Cranmer; Thomas Wolsey |
| Material Type: | Biography |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Derek Wilson |
| ISBN: | 0312286961 9780312286965 |
| OCLC Number: | 49407494 |
| Notes: | Originally published: London : Hutchinson, 2001. |
| Description: | 580 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | pt. 1. 1499 : A question of identity -- Walking the tightrope -- The life of the university and the university of life -- pt. 2. 1509 : A lawyer's life -- A fair beginning -- Council and councillor -- Obscure origins -- pt. 3. 1519 : Warrior king -- Friends, lovers and creatures -- Eminence -- Wisdom and folly -- Prince, priests and philosophers -- In the thickets of obscurity -- pt. 4. 1529 : Wolsey: the peacock years -- Out in the cold -- A man of property -- Storms and storm damage -- The fatal failure -- Hopes and fears -- The rise of the new men -- pt. 5. 1539 : New brooms -- Out of control -- End of an era -- Under new management -- The end of the affair -- The unholy maid -- Morus contra mundum -- Annus horribilis -- New men, new ideas, old anxieties -- pt. 6. 1549 : The scaffold at the centre of the labyrinth -- Faith and faction -- A lion in the Daniels' den -- Long live the king -- Epilogue: 1559 -- 34 requiescant. |
| Responsibility: | Derek Wilson. |
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- Great Britain -- History -- Henry VIII, 1509-1547 -- Biography.
- Great Britain -- Court and courtiers -- History -- 16th century.
- Henry -- VIII, -- King of England, -- 1491-1547 -- Relations with courts and courtiers.
- Southampton, Thomas Wriothesley, -- Earl of, -- 1509-1550.
- Great Britain -- Court and courtiers -- Biography.
- Cromwell, Thomas, -- Earl of Essex, -- 1485?-1540.
- Norfolk, Thomas Howard, -- Duke of, -- 1473-1554.
- More, Thomas, -- Saint, -- 1478-1535.
- Statesmen -- Great Britain -- Biography.
- Cranmer, Thomas, -- 1489-1556.
- Wolsey, Thomas, -- 1475?-1530.
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