This collection of essays by leading scholars and researchers in early Tudor studies provides an up-to-date discussion of the politics, policy and piety of Henry VIII's reign. It explores such areas as the reform of central and local government, foreign policy, relations between leading politicians, life at Court, Henry's first divorce and the break with Rome, literature and the government's exploitation of it, and the growth of evangelical religion in Henry's England. Particular consideration is given to the controversies which have arisen about the reign among modern historians, and there is an effort to assess the personality of Henry himself.…mehr
This collection of essays by leading scholars and researchers in early Tudor studies provides an up-to-date discussion of the politics, policy and piety of Henry VIII's reign. It explores such areas as the reform of central and local government, foreign policy, relations between leading politicians, life at Court, Henry's first divorce and the break with Rome, literature and the government's exploitation of it, and the growth of evangelical religion in Henry's England. Particular consideration is given to the controversies which have arisen about the reign among modern historians, and there is an effort to assess the personality of Henry himself.
DIARMAID MACCULLOCH has held Research Fellowships from Churchill College, Cambridge, and the Leverhulme and Wingate Trusts. He lectures in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies in Bristol University and also writes and lectures independently.
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Introduction; D. MacCulloch. Henry VIII: The Political Perspective; E.W. Ives. Thomas Wolsey, Thomas Cromwell and the Reform of Henrician Government; J.A. Guy. The Progresses of Henry VIII 1508 1529; N. Samman. War and Public Finance; R.W. Hoyle. Foreign Policy; D.L. Potter. The Literature and Propaganda of Henry's First Divorce; V. Murphy. Henry VIII and the Reform of the Church; D. MacCulloch. Literature, Drama and Politics; S. House. Local Responses to the Henrician Reformation; R. Whiting. Bibliography. Notes.
Introduction; D. MacCulloch. Henry VIII: The Political Perspective; E.W. Ives. Thomas Wolsey, Thomas Cromwell and the Reform of Henrician Government; J.A. Guy. The Progresses of Henry VIII 1508 1529; N. Samman. War and Public Finance; R.W. Hoyle. Foreign Policy; D.L. Potter. The Literature and Propaganda of Henry's First Divorce; V. Murphy. Henry VIII and the Reform of the Church; D. MacCulloch. Literature, Drama and Politics; S. House. Local Responses to the Henrician Reformation; R. Whiting. Bibliography. Notes.
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