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Title

Henry VIII : a study in kingship / Michael A.R. Graves.

Author

Graves, Michael A. R.

Publication

London ; New York : Longman, 2003.

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Description

xi, 217 p.; 21 cm.

Summary

"This profile of Henry VIII examines both the myths and the man who, for so long, has been the subject of historical debate and dispute. Henry was a maze of contradictions and the object of so much contemporary praise and criticism, adulation and condemnation. This book is not just a biography. Nor is it a history of his reign. It is a study of early modern kingship as practised by one man. Henry had impressive strengths but also formidable weaknesses, amongst them inconstancy, financial irresponsibility and a capacity for brutality. This book examines his role in the English Church, Court and Parliaments, his relationship with councillors, ministers and wives, and his unrealistic search for military and imperial glory."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

Profiles in power

Uniform Title

Profiles in power (London, England)

Subject

• Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547
• 1509-1547
• Great Britain > Kings and rulers > Biography
• Great Britain > History > Henry VIII, 1509-1547

Genre/Form

• Biographies
• History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Henry Tudor, Duke, Prince and King: The Formative Years, 1491-1509 -- The new king, 1509 -- The Yorkist threat -- The reign of King Henry VII: (1) 1491-1502 -- The reign of King Henry VII: (2) 1502-1509 -- Accession of King Henry VIII, 1509 -- Henry's coronation and 'the beginning of joy' -- The Reign of Henry VIII, 1509-1547 -- Henry VIII's Kingship: Images and Reputation -- How Henry wanted the world to see him -- How the world chose to see Henry -- Conclusion -- The King in His Court -- Purposes and functions of the Court -- Self-indulgence and the pursuit of pleasure: the martial arts -- The royal athlete -- The cultivated king -- The courtly calendar and royal 'spectaculars' -- Henry VIII, His Councillors and Ministers -- Policy formulation -- Henry's administrative oversight of his daily government -- Henry's place in the structure of politics -- How Henry took counsel and related to his council -- Henry VIII in His Parliaments -- The nature and place of parliaments -- Henry and the house of commons -- Henry and the house of lords -- Henry VIII: image projector, performer and PR man -- Wills, Wives and Rex -- The elimination of challengers, real or potential -- Sons and heirs -- Henry's marital record -- The succession: uncertainty and change -- The Conscience of a King -- King or minister? -- The steps to supremacy, 1530-1534 -- King and church: Henry's role and priorities -- Dissolution of the monasteries -- Religious change and Henry's relations with Erasmian humanism -- The religious king and the middle way.

ISBN

058238110X (pbk.) :

OCLC

• 53445669
• SCSB-12525124

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library