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

Gwyn, Peter J.

 
9780712621908: The King's Cardinal: Rise and Fall of Cardinal Wolsey
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.

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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.

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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

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Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0712651225 ISBN 13 :  9780712651226
Editeur : Pimlico, 1992
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