The King's Cardinal: Rise and Fall of Cardinal Wolsey - Couverture rigide

Gwyn, Peter J.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0712621903 ISBN 13 : 9780712621908

Editeur : Barrie & Jenkins, 1990

Synopsis

Physical description; xxii, 666 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (p. 640-654) and index. Subjects; Wolsey, Thomas 1475-1530. Henry VIII, King of England 1491-1547 — Relations with cardinals.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Proud, greedy, corrupt and driven by overwhelming personal ambition. Such is the traditional image of Thomas Wolsey, Lord Chancellor, Archbishop of York, Bishop of Winchester, Abbot of St. Albans, Bishop of Tournai and Papal Legate. It is an image which Peter Gwyn examines, challenges and decisively overturns in this remarkable book. From exceedingly humble beginnings Wolsey rose to a pinnacle of power unsurpassed by any other British commoner. Peter Gwyn explores every aspect of the Cardinal's career - not least his relationship with Henry VIII - and sets it firmly in a vividly recreated Tudor world. The Wolsey who emerges is a man of prodigious energy and ability, a tireless dispenser of justice, an enlightened reformer wholly dedicated to his king and country - a man who has been consistently misrepresented and maligned for four-and-a-half centuries.'Magisterial' Antonia Fraser, Sunday Telegraph'Learned and controversial, it has all the elements of a detective story-His verdict is convincing-a fascinating book.' Lord Blake, Country Life'A work of magisterial ambition and achievement-He has taken a great subject and transformed it.' Blair Worden, London Review of Books

Biographie de l'auteur

Peter Gwyn taught history at Winchester College, where he was also the archivist from 1965 to 1976. He was elected Bowra Fellow at Wadham College, Oxford for 1981-2. He worked on this biography of Thomas Wolsey for eleven years.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Barrie & Jenkins
• Date d'édition: 1990
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0712621903
• ISBN 13: 9780712621908
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 666
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible