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—Pomp and display: Sidney Anglo,
Spectacle, Pageantry, and Early Tudor Policy
(Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1969); Joycelyne G. Russell, The
Field of Cloth of Gold, Men and Manners in 1520
(Boston: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1969); Neville Williams,
Henry VIII and His Court
(New York: Macmillan Co., 1971).
The Middle-Aged Henry VIIISpectacle, Pageantry, and Early Tudor Policy
(Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1969); Joycelyne G. Russell, The
Field of Cloth of Gold, Men and Manners in 1520
(Boston: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1969); Neville Williams,
Henry VIII and His Court
(New York: Macmillan Co., 1971).
—Government and the Reformation: G.R. Elton,
The Tudor Revolution in Government
(Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1969), particularly good on Thomas Cromwell and his role; G.R. Elton,
England Under the Tudors
(Cox & Wyman Ltd., 1974). Also
Foxe’s Book of Martyrs
(New York: Jove Book edition, 1982) by the Rev. John Foxe, a minister in Elizabeth’s reign who described the Protestant martyrs in Henry’s and Mary’s reign.
The Tudor Revolution in Government
(Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1969), particularly good on Thomas Cromwell and his role; G.R. Elton,
England Under the Tudors
(Cox & Wyman Ltd., 1974). Also
Foxe’s Book of Martyrs
(New York: Jove Book edition, 1982) by the Rev. John Foxe, a minister in Elizabeth’s reign who described the Protestant martyrs in Henry’s and Mary’s reign.
—Dissolution of the Monasteries: visit ruined abbeys, such as Bury St. Edmunds in Suffolk; take the pilgrims’ walk to the shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham, in Walsingham, Norfolk; visit Canterbury Cathedral and the former site of Becket’s tomb.
—Height of power and glory: visit Hampton Court, which Henry VIII acquired from Cardinal Wolsey as the balance of power tipped toward the King. R.J. Minney,
Hampton Court
(Coward, McCann and Georghegan, 1972).
Hampton Court
(Coward, McCann and Georghegan, 1972).
—Holbein’s paintings and sketches are reproduced in
Holbein and the Court of Henry VIII,
a catalogue printed by The Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace, 1978, H.M. the Queen. Read about the sitters in David Mathew’s
The Courtiers of Henry VIII
(London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1970).
The Old Henry VIIIHolbein and the Court of Henry VIII,
a catalogue printed by The Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace, 1978, H.M. the Queen. Read about the sitters in David Mathew’s
The Courtiers of Henry VIII
(London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1970).
-Lacey Baldwin Smith,
Henry VIII: The Mask of Royalty,
(Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1971). A study of the last ten years of Henry’s life, an enthralling account, with solid scholarship.
Henry VIII: The Mask of Royalty,
(Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1971). A study of the last ten years of Henry’s life, an enthralling account, with solid scholarship.
-J.F.D. Shrewsbury, “Henry VIII: A Medical Study,”
Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences,
VII (1952); A.S. McNalty,
Henry VIII: A Difficult Patient
(London, 1952).
Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences,
VII (1952); A.S. McNalty,
Henry VIII: A Difficult Patient
(London, 1952).
—Visit Deal and Walmer Castles in Kent, his coastal defenses built during the war scare of 1539; they were the latest in design for the new cannon warfare.
THE WIVESKatherine of Aragon:
Garrett Mattingly,
Catherine of Aragon
(Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1941). Still the definitive biography, fine scholarship and beautifully written. Visit Buckden Palace and Kimbolton (now a school) in Huntingdonshire, her places of exile; her grave at nearby Peterborough Abbey.
Anne Boleyn:Catherine of Aragon
(Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1941). Still the definitive biography, fine scholarship and beautifully written. Visit Buckden Palace and Kimbolton (now a school) in Huntingdonshire, her places of exile; her grave at nearby Peterborough Abbey.
Eric W. Ives,
Anne Boleyn
(London: Basil Blackwell Inc., 1986); Paul Friedmann,
Anne Boleyn, a Chapter of English History, 1537-1536,
2 vols. (1884). Visit Hever Castle in Kent; her grave at the Chapel of St. Peter-ad-Vincula at the Tower of London.
Jane Seymour:Anne Boleyn
(London: Basil Blackwell Inc., 1986); Paul Friedmann,
Anne Boleyn, a Chapter of English History, 1537-1536,
2 vols. (1884). Visit Hever Castle in Kent; her grave at the Chapel of St. Peter-ad-Vincula at the Tower of London.
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