The complicated personality and dramatic reign of England's King Henry VIII- visionary, tyrant, monarch, bully, defender of the faith, destroyer of monasteries, lover and libertine-have been immortalized (and fictionalized) in literature, on stage, and in film by leading writers of their generations. Vivat Rex! brings the real Henry and the machinations of his court and times to life through books, manuscripts, handwritten letters, and prints. Among them are works that are unique or belonged to Henry himself, to his family, or to members of his court, including the monarch's schoolboy copy of Cicero, which he emphatically inscribed "Thys Boke Is Myne Prynce Henry." The themes that run throughout are power, marriage, and religion. With essays by John Guy, Dale Hoak, and Susan Wabuda, this catalogue accompanied 2009 exhibitions at the Grolier Club and Folger Shakespeare Library.
The complicated personality and dramatic reign of England's King Henry VIII- visionary, tyrant, monarch, bully, defender of the faith, destroyer of monasteries, lover and libertine-have been immortalized (and fictionalized) in literature, on stage, and in film by leading writers of their generations. Vivat Rex! brings the real Henry and the machinations of his court and times to life through books, manuscripts, handwritten letters, and prints. Among them are works that are unique or belonged to Henry himself, to his family, or to members of his court, including the monarch's schoolboy copy of Cicero, which he emphatically inscribed "Thys Boke Is Myne Prynce Henry." The themes that run throughout are power, marriage, and religion. With essays by John Guy, Dale Hoak, and Susan Wabuda, this catalogue accompanied 2009 exhibitions at the Grolier Club and Folger Shakespeare Library.
Family tree of Henry VIII
Chronology
The personification of power in Henry VIII / by John Guy
The king's "great matter" / by Dale Hoak
The reformation of the English church under Henry VII / by Susan
Wabuda
The exhibition. Prince Henry
The young king
King & court & royal palaces
Power & pageantry, magnificence & munificence
"Defender of the faith"
Catherine of Aragon, the "King's great matter" & the fall of
Wolsey
The break with Rome
Reforming the Church of England
Kings & Queens, Prince & princesses
The final years
Verdicts on the reign
After forty years in the investment industry, ARTHUR L. SCHWARZ retired to devote himself to studying and lecturing on history and the book world. His book collection and scholarly interests focus on all things English, particularly topography, royalty (particularly the Tudor and Stuart periods), and the English Reformation.
"Arthur Schwarz and his coauthors have elected ... to channel Henry in his many shapes and sizes at one and the same time, his kingly strengths and Persian flaws, concomitantly exposing the good, the bad, and the indifferent with equal measure .... This is most definitely a book about books-as-objects and artifacts, giving rise to a broad historical eclecticism that is as entertaining to the lay reader in its sheer diversity as it is informative, thanks largely to Schwarz's succinct narrative and well-illustrated, sectional essays and catalogue entries."--Earle Havens, The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America
|
Ask a Question About this Product More... |
|
