Henry VIII and history
Henry VIII remains the most iconic and controversial of all English Kings. For over four-hundred years he has been lauded, reviled and mocked, but rarely ignored. In his many guises - model Renaissance prince, Defender of the Faith, rapacious plunderer of the Church, obese Bluebeard - he has feature...
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Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, VT :
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2012
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: All is true : Henry VIII in and out of history / Thomas Betteridge and Thomas S. Freeman
- Harry's peregrinations: an Italianate defence of Henry VIII / Brett Foster
- From perfect prince to "wise and pollitike" king: Henry VIII in Edward Hall's Chronicle / Scott Lucas
- "It is perillous stryvinge withe princes": Henry VIII in works by Pole, Roper, and Harpsfield / Carolyn Colbert
- Hands defiled with blood: Henry VIII in Foxe's "Book of martyrs" / Thomas S. Freeman
- Fallen prince pretender of the faith: Henry VIII as seen by Sander and Parsons / Victor Houliston
- "It is unpossible to draw his picture well who hath severall countenances" : Lord Herbert of Cherbury and the life and reign of King Henry VIII / Christine Jackson
- Henry VIII in history: Gilbert Burnet's History of the Reformation (v. 1), 1679 / Andrew Starkie
- "Unblushing falsehood": the Strickland sisters and the domestic history of Henry VIII / Judith Richards
- Ford Madox Ford's fifth queen and the modernity of Henry VIII / Anthony & Susannah Monta
- The "sexual everyman"? Maxwell Anderson's Henry VIII / Glen Richardson
- Drama king: the portrayal of Henry VIII in Robert Bolt's A man for all seasons / Ruth Ahnert
- "Anne taught him how to be cruel": Henry VIII in modern historical fiction / Megan Hickerson
- Booby, baby or classical monster? Henry VIII in the writings of G.R. Elton and J.J. Scarisbrick / Dale Hoak
- Through the eyes of a fool: Henry VIII and Margaret George's 1986 novel The autobiography of Henry VIII with notes by his fool, Will Somers / Kristen Walton.
