Henry VIII"This book is neither a 'private life' of Henry VIII, nor a comprehensive study of his life and times. Rather, it is something in between. I have tried to see the whole of Henry and to discuss the more personal, domestic events of his life as well as the vast range of diplomatic, political and ecclesiastical affairs in which he was involved. But because he is at the centre of the vanvas, there is little here concerning the economic and social life of Henrican England, little about such matters as the history of governmental institutions during the reign."--From the preface. |
Contents
The New King | 3 |
The Renewal of the Hundred Years War | 21 |
The Coming of Wolsey | 41 |
The Quest for Peace | 67 |
The Virtuous Prince | 97 |
The Repudiation of the Habsburgs | 135 |
The Canon Law of the Divorce | 163 |
The Struggle for the Divorce | 198 |
The Campaign against the Church | 241 |
England and Europe 1537 to 1540 | 355 |
The Royal Supremacy and Theology | 384 |
The Return to War | 424 |
The Last Months | 458 |
Henry the King | 498 |
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