Materials for a History of the Reign of Henry VII.
Title | Materials for a History of the Reign of Henry VII. PDF eBook |
Author | William Campbell |
Publisher | |
Pages | 730 |
Release | 1873 |
Genre | Great Britain |
ISBN |
The Books of King Henry VIII and His Wives
Title | The Books of King Henry VIII and His Wives PDF eBook |
Author | James P. Carley |
Publisher | London : British Library |
Pages | 168 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN |
"In this new book, James P. Carley, a leading scholar in the emerging field of book history, describes Henry VIII's libraries and shows their key role in providing a more intimate understanding of this seemingly familiar monarch and his consorts. The books of the wives, moreover, show them to have been as independent and innovative as the king himself. The extensive illustrations allow us to examine both the bindings and the contents of the collection, and also provide us with examples of his immediate voice in the form of the marginalia that he inserted into his books."--BOOK JACKET.
The Libraries of King Henry VIII
Title | The Libraries of King Henry VIII PDF eBook |
Author | James P. Carley |
Publisher | |
Pages | 520 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
This volume is made up of five volumes of books associated with Henry VIII: one (H1) undertaken by an unnamed Frenchman at Richmond Palace in 1535, the second (H2) part of a general inventory at Westminster Palace in 1542. the third (H3) an account from the King's Printer Thomas Berthelet for the years 1541-43, the fourth (H4) a select list of books in the royal library seen by John Bale c.1548, and finally (H5) book titles extracted from the post-mortem inventories of Henry VIII's palaces. Using the evidence of inventory numbers in surviving books, moreover, it has been possible to recreate a lost list of more than 500 books which were brought to Westminster (primarily from Hampton Court and Greenwich) between 1542 and 1548 and this 'list' has been appended to the Westminster inventory. Although the library at Westminster contained printed books and books deriving from Henry's ancestors, a goodly number were monastic 'loot' and the lists show the sort of material John Leland and others considered worth rescuing. A considerable number of these books have left the royal library during the succeeding centuries and Carley has traced many to their modern locations. The presentation and analysis of the Westminster lists in particular leads to a different picture of the role of Henry VIII as preserver and destroyer of the monastic past than has normally been put forth.
Materials for a History of the Reign of Henry VII
Title | Materials for a History of the Reign of Henry VII PDF eBook |
Author | William Campbell |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 731 |
Release | 2012-11-15 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1108049117 |
Published in 1873-77, this two-volume work brings together a rich variety of contemporary documents illustrating the reign of Henry VII. Volume 2 covers the period between August 1486 and December 1490, with material presented in English. It provides fascinating insight into the years following the Wars of the Roses.
History of the Reign of King Henry VII.
Title | History of the Reign of King Henry VII. PDF eBook |
Author | Francis Bacon |
Publisher | |
Pages | 356 |
Release | 1889 |
Genre | Great Britain |
ISBN |
Winter King
Title | Winter King PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas Penn |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 464 |
Release | 2013-03-12 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1439191573 |
Originally published in Great Britain by Penguin Books Ltd., 2011.
Tudors: The History of England from Henry VIII to Elizabeth I
Title | Tudors: The History of England from Henry VIII to Elizabeth I PDF eBook |
Author | Peter Ackroyd |
Publisher | Macmillan |
Pages | 528 |
Release | 2013-10-08 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 125003759X |
Peter Ackroyd, one of Britain's most acclaimed writers, brings the age of the Tudors to vivid life in this monumental book in his The History of England series, charting the course of English history from Henry VIII's cataclysmic break with Rome to the epic rule of Elizabeth I. Rich in detail and atmosphere, Peter Ackroyd's Tudors is the story of Henry VIII's relentless pursuit of both the perfect wife and the perfect heir; of how the brief reign of the teenage king, Edward VI, gave way to the violent reimposition of Catholicism and the stench of bonfires under "Bloody Mary." It tells, too, of the long reign of Elizabeth I, which, though marked by civil strife, plots against the queen and even an invasion force, finally brought stability. Above all, however, it is the story of the English Reformation and the making of the Anglican Church. At the beginning of the sixteenth century, England was still largely feudal and looked to Rome for direction; at its end, it was a country where good governance was the duty of the state, not the church, and where men and women began to look to themselves for answers rather than to those who ruled them.