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The Reign of Henry VIII

Politics, Policy and Piety

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  • © 1995

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Editors:
  1. Diarmaid MacCulloch

    1. Totterdown, Bristol, UK

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Part of the book series: Problems in Focus (PFS)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Introduction

    • Diarmaid MacCulloch
    Pages 1-11

  3. Henry VIII: the Political Perspective

    • Eric Ives
    Pages 13-34

  4. Thomas Wolsey, Thomas Cromwell and the Reform of Henrician Government

    • John Guy
    Pages 35-57

  5. The Progresses of Henry VIII, 1509–1529

    • Neil Samman
    Pages 59-73

  6. War and Public Finance

    • Richard Hoyle
    Pages 75-99

  7. Foreign Policy

    • David Potter
    Pages 101-133

  8. The Literature and Propaganda of Henry VIII’s First Divorce

    • Virginia Murphy
    Pages 135-158

  9. Henry VIII and the Reform of the Church

    • Diarmaid MacCulloch
    Pages 159-180

  10. Literature, Drama and Politics

    • Seymour Baker House
    Pages 181-201

  11. Local Responses to the Henrician Reformation

    • Robert Whiting
    Pages 203-226

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 227-313
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About this book

This collection of essays by leading scholars and researchers in early Tudor studies provides an up-to-date discussion of the politics, policy and piety of Henry VIII's reign. It explores such areas as the reform of central and local government, foreign policy, relations between leading politicians, life at Court, Henry's first divorce and the break with Rome, literature and the government's exploitation of it, and the growth of evangelical religion in Henry's England. Particular consideration is given to the controversies which have arisen about the reign among modern historians, and there is an effort to assess the personality of Henry himself.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Totterdown, Bristol, UK

    Diarmaid MacCulloch

About the editor

DIARMAID MACCULLOCH has held Research Fellowships from Churchill College, Cambridge, and the Leverhulme and Wingate Trusts. He lectures in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies in Bristol University and also writes and lectures independently.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Reign of Henry VIII

  • Book Subtitle: Politics, Policy and Piety

  • Editors: Diarmaid MacCulloch

  • Series Title: Problems in Focus

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-24214-6

  • Publisher: Red Globe Press London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Macmillan Publishers Limited 1995

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VII, 256

  • Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave

  • Topics: History of Britain and Ireland

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