Henri II: His Court and Times (72 page)
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Authors: H Noel Williams
Original Letters
Series 1 Volume 1
From the reigns of Henry V, Edward IV, Henry VII and
Henry VIII. The Letters cover the pursuit of Perkin Warbeck, the battle
of Flodden, Border forays and the use of spies and bribery; the suspicious
death of a Cardinal; preparations for the Field of the Cloth of Gold;
the election of the Emperor; marriages and christenings, debts and sickness,
and letters upon small, personal matters.
Original Letters
Series 2 Volume 1
Letters from the reigns of Henry IV, Henry V, Henry
VI, Edward IV, Richard III, Henry VII and Henry VIII,
covering
a great range of subjects: from domestic rebellions to foreign news,
from shipbuilding to jousting, from marriages to royal births.
Original Letters
Series 2 Volume 2
L
etters from the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward
VI, Mary and Elizabeth I; correspondence of Cardinal Wolsey, Thomas
Cromwell, William Cecil, the Monarchs, members of the nobility,
merchants and schoolmasters.
Includes letters from Lady Jane Grey and youthful letters from
Anne Boleyn, Elizabeth, and Henry Darnley.
A Collection of Historical Documents
Illustrative of the
Reigns of the Tudor and Stuart Sovereigns
Letters and documents by, among others, Henry VII, Henry
VIII (including love letters to Anne Boleyn), Thomas More, James I,
and Charles I.
The Whole Booke of Psalmes
Originally printed in 1618, this takes the psalms from the
"Geneva Bible" of 1560 and turns them into verse. As well as the music,
this volume includes the complete prose text of the psalms, with each verse
and line in the two versions being linked for easy reference.
The First Prayer Book of King Edward VI 1549
The forerunner of the Book of Common Prayer, this was the
first publication to give the complete liturgy and bible readings in English.
It offers a fascinating insight into a period when the rules
and rituals of the church had a major impact on people's lives.
The Battle Of Flodden Field
The ballads and chronicles that tell of the devastating
battle of 1513 that robbed the Scots of their king and leading members of
noble and common families alike.
Includes
: Lamentation of King James IV; The Bataile
of Brampton, or Floddon Feld; Skelton, Laureate, against the Scottes; The
Complaint of King James of Scotland; Epitaph of Sir Marmaduke Constable,
in Flamborough Church; Song on the Victory of Floddon Field; The Laird of
Muirhead; The Flowers of the Forest; Ara Heroibus qui in Prælio apud Fluidonem
occubuerunt; Letter from Pope Leo X. to Henry VIII; Pitscottie's Account
of the Battle of Floddon; Hall's Account of the Battle; Ballade of the Bataile
of Floddon.
Scottish Poetry of the 16th Century
The poetry of Sir David Lyndsay, John Bellenden, King James
the Fifth, Sir Richard Maitland, Alexander Scot and Alexander Montgomerie.
Historical Memoirs of the Irish Bards
by Joseph C Walker
An exploration of the history of the Irish Bards from pre-Christian
times to the middle of the eighteenth century, looking at the times and
the society in which the bards lived as well as the lives, skills and characters
of the bards themselves.
Reliques of Ancient English Poetry
by Thomas Percy
An extensive collection of early English and Scottish ballads
and songs. This edition contains the original 9 books, a substantial Appendix
containing further ballads and poems, and a Glossary.
The Harmony of Birds
The Harmony of Birds
is a charming poem
from the middle of the sixteenth century, which survived the
centuries in just one copy until the Percy Society published a
transcription in 1843.