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Thomas Cromwell : a revolutionary life / Diarmaid MacCulloch

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, Viking, ©2018Description: xxiii, 728 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780670025572
  • 0670025577
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • ARCH FRBC 942.052 M133T 23
LOC classification:
  • DA334.C9 M23 2018
Contents:
Introduction -- Journeys. Ruffian ; The return of the native ; In the Cardinal's service: 1524-1528 ; Managing failure: 1528-1529 ; Serving two masters: 1530 -- New wine. Council and Parliament: 1531 ; New Year's gifts: 1532 ; Making a difference: 1532 ; A royal marriage: 1532-1533 -- Touching pitch. Treason in prospect: 1533-1534 ; Spirituals: 1534-1535 ; Deaths for religion: 1535 ; Progresses and scrutinies: 1535-1536 ; Surrenders and the scaffold: 1536 -- Power and its reward. Summer opportunities: 1536 ; Grace for the Commonwealth: 1536 ; The reckoning: 1537 ; The King's uncle?: 1537-1538 ; Cutting down trees: 1538 -- Nemesis. Shifting dynasties: 1538-1539 ; Stumbling blocks: 1539 ; Downfall: 1539-1540 ; Futures
Summary: Examines the life of King Henry VIII's right-hand man, who did everything he could to secure the future of a son he loved dearly, but who ultimately could not control the unpredictable monarch
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
Archives Archives SAIACS Archives Room Frykenberg Collection ARCH FRBC 942.052 M133T (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 066937

Includes bibliographical references (pages 557-582) and index

Introduction -- Journeys. Ruffian ; The return of the native ; In the Cardinal's service: 1524-1528 ; Managing failure: 1528-1529 ; Serving two masters: 1530 -- New wine. Council and Parliament: 1531 ; New Year's gifts: 1532 ; Making a difference: 1532 ; A royal marriage: 1532-1533 -- Touching pitch. Treason in prospect: 1533-1534 ; Spirituals: 1534-1535 ; Deaths for religion: 1535 ; Progresses and scrutinies: 1535-1536 ; Surrenders and the scaffold: 1536 -- Power and its reward. Summer opportunities: 1536 ; Grace for the Commonwealth: 1536 ; The reckoning: 1537 ; The King's uncle?: 1537-1538 ; Cutting down trees: 1538 -- Nemesis. Shifting dynasties: 1538-1539 ; Stumbling blocks: 1539 ; Downfall: 1539-1540 ; Futures

Examines the life of King Henry VIII's right-hand man, who did everything he could to secure the future of a son he loved dearly, but who ultimately could not control the unpredictable monarch

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