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Henry VIII: The Life and Rule of England's Nero - Softcover

Matusiak, John

 
9780750960892: Henry VIII: The Life and Rule of England's Nero
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0750960892 ISBN 13: 9780750960892
Verlag: The History Press, 2014

Inhaltsangabe

This compelling account of Henry VIII is by no means yet another history of the ‘old monster’ and his reign. The ‘monster’ displayed here is, at the very least, a newer type, more beset by anxieties and insecurities, and more tightly surrounded by those who equated loyalty with fear, self-interest and blind obedience. This ground-breaking book also demonstrates that Henry VIII’s priorities were always primarily martial rather than marital, and accepts neither the necessity of his all-consuming quest for a male heir nor his need ultimately to sever ties with Rome. As the story unfolds, Henry’s predicaments prove largely of his own making, the paths he chooses neither the only nor the best available. For Henry VIII was not only a bad man, but also a bad ruler who failed to achieve his aims and blighted the reigns of his two immediate successors.Five hundred years after he ascended the throne, the reputation of England’s best known king is being rehabilitated and subtly sanitized. Yet Tudor historian John Matusiak paints a colourful and absorbingly intimate portrait of a man wholly unfit for power.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

John Matusiak is a frequent contributor to History Review and History Today, and is the author of Henry V and Wolsey.

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Verlag
The History Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2014
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0750960892
ISBN 13 
9780750960892
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Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
328
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