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The rise of Thomas Cromwell : power and politics in the reign of Henry VIII
Author
Title
The rise of Thomas Cromwell : power and politics in the reign of Henry VIII / Michael Everett.
ISBN
0300213085
9780300213089
9780300207422
Publication
New Haven : Yale University Press, 2014.
Physical Description
1 online resource (336 pages) : illustrations
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Summary
How much does the Thomas Cromwell of popular novels and television series resemble the real Cromwell? This meticulous study of Cromwell's early political career expands and revises what has been understood concerning the life and talents of Henry VIII's chief minister. Michael Everett provides a new and enlightening account of Cromwell's rise to power, his influence on the king, his role in the Reformation, and his impact on the future of the nation. Controversially, Everett depicts Cromwell not as the fervent evangelical, Machiavellian politician, or the revolutionary administrator that earlier historians have perceived. Instead he reveals Cromwell as a highly capable and efficient servant of the Crown, rising to power not by masterminding Henry VIII's split with Rome but rather by dint of exceptional skills as an administrator.
Variant and related titles
EBSCOhost eBook collection, Yale University Press.
Other formats
Print version: Everett, Michael. Rise of Thomas Cromwell. Power and politics in the reign of Henry VIII, 1485-1534
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 03, 2019
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
London Lawyer and Merchant
Entry into the King's Service, 1529
1530
Crown Lands and King's works
Cromwell and the English Church
Royal Government
Minister and his household
Break with Rome.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Biography.
History.
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