The rise of Thomas Cromwell : power and politics in the reign of Henry VIII / Michael Everett.

By:

Everett, Michael (Historian) [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 362 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (black and white)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780300213089
0300213085
9780300207422
0300207425

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Rise of Thomas Cromwell . power and politics in the reign of Henry VIII, 1485-1534DDC classification:

942.05/2/092 B 22

LOC classification:

DA334.C9 E94 2015eb

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Contents:

London Lawyer and Merchant -- Entry into the King's Service, 1529 -- 1530 -- Crown Lands and King's works -- Cromwell and the English Church -- Royal Government -- Minister and his household -- Break with Rome.

Summary: How much does the Thomas Cromwell of popular novels and television series resemble the real Cromwell? This meticulous study of Cromwell's early political career expands and revises what has been understood concerning the life and talents of Henry VIII's chief minister. Michael Everett provides a new and enlightening account of Cromwell's rise to power, his influence on the king, his role in the Reformation, and his impact on the future of the nation. Controversially, Everett depicts Cromwell not as the fervent evangelical, Machiavellian politician, or the revolutionary administrator that earlier historians have perceived. Instead he reveals Cromwell as a highly capable and efficient servant of the Crown, rising to power not by masterminding Henry VIII's split with Rome but rather by dint of exceptional skills as an administrator.

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How much does the Thomas Cromwell of popular novels and television series resemble the real Cromwell? This meticulous study of Cromwell's early political career expands and revises what has been understood concerning the life and talents of Henry VIII's chief minister. Michael Everett provides a new and enlightening account of Cromwell's rise to power, his influence on the king, his role in the Reformation, and his impact on the future of the nation. Controversially, Everett depicts Cromwell not as the fervent evangelical, Machiavellian politician, or the revolutionary administrator that earlier historians have perceived. Instead he reveals Cromwell as a highly capable and efficient servant of the Crown, rising to power not by masterminding Henry VIII's split with Rome but rather by dint of exceptional skills as an administrator.