| Description |
xii, 279 p. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547.
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Great Britain -- History -- Henry VIII, 1509-1547 -- Historiography.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Betteridge, Thomas.
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Freeman, Thomas S., 1959-
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ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9781409400158 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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9780754698654 (electronic bk.) |
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