Bibliograph

So great a prince, the accession of Henry VIII: 1509, Lauren Johnson

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So great a prince, the accession of Henry VIII: 1509, Lauren Johnson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 284-317) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

platesgenealogical tablesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

So great a prince

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1004393049

Responsibility statement

Lauren Johnson

Sub title

the accession of Henry VIII: 1509

Summary

England, 1509. Henry VII, the first Tudor monarch, is dead; his successor, the seventeen-year-old Henry VIII, offers hope of renewal and reconciliation after the corruption and repression of the last years of his father's reign. Johnson offers a fascinating portrait of a country at a crossroads between two powerful monarchs and between the worlds of the late Middle Ages and the Renaissance. She explores early Tudor lives through the rhythms of annual rituals, juxtaposing political events in Westminster and the palaces of southeast England with the religious, agrarian, and social events that punctuated the lives of the people of this one year

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- A note on dates, spelling and money -- Lady Day 1509: time to pay your debts -- Easter: to everything a time and place -- St George's Day: an education -- May: 'Youth must have some dalliance' -- Midsummer: 'All England is in ecstasies' -- Lammas: good and bad lordship -- All Saints and All Souls: 'We are but dust, and die we must' -- Christmas: Feast and fast -- Plough Day: 'Fear God, honour the king' -- Shrove: contrition and suspicion -- Lady Day 1510: Conception -- 1510 and beyond: Fortune's wheel

Target audience

adult

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