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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797757303321

Autore

Ives E. W (Eric William), <1931-2012, >

Titolo

Henry VIII / / Eric Ives

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 2007

©2007

ISBN

1-383-03565-2

0-19-155106-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (129 p.)

Collana

Very Interesting People ; ; 14

Disciplina

942.05/2092

Soggetti

Great Britain History Henry VIII, 1509-1547

Great Britain Kings and rulers Biography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; 1 Upbringing and inheritance, 1491-1514; 2 Wolsey as royal minister, 1514-1530; 3 New ideas and a new minister, 1530-1532; 4 Establishing the royal supremacy, 1533-1540; 5 Henry VIII: the man; 6 The realm reshaped; 7 The royal legacy; 8 The royal magnificence: images and reality; Sources; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; W; Z

Sommario/riassunto

Definitive, concise, and very interesting...  From William Shakespeare to Winston Churchill, the Very Interesting People series provides authoritative bite-sized biographies of Britain's most fascinating historical figures - people whose influence and importance have stood the test of time.  Each book in the series is based upon the biographical entry from the world-famous Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.  The Very Interesting People series includes the following titles: 1.William Shakespeare by Peter Holland  2. George Eliot by Rosemary Ashton  3. Charles Dickens by Michael Slater  4.