Isbn: 9781847252456 - cardinal wolsey: a life in renaissance europe (9 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. First edition. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. Good DJ with some edge wear and tears.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. hardback, octavo. A very well preserved tightly bound copy with clean and unmarked contents and in a very well preserved pictorial dust jacket that has a light surface scratch to the front panel, xi + 228pp.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Continuum, 2009. Hardback, d/j, 8vo, xi,228pp, illust. D/j slightly bumped. A good copy. 9781847252456/0.6uk . (Please note that our condition gradings are stricter than those of Abebooks and many other sellers. There may therefore be a discrepancy between this description and its listed condition grading).…

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Zustand: New. In English.

Gebunden. Zustand: New. A biography of Thomas Cardinal Wolsey, one of the most powerful men in English history whose impact was as great in Church affairs as those of the State. It tells how the accession of Henry VIII provided the catalyst for Wolsey s dramatic rise to power and .

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 1st edition. 228 pages. 6.25x9.50x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The accession of Henry VIII provided the catalyst for cardinal Wolsey's dramatic rise to power. a month after his receipt of the coveted cardinal's hat in 1515, Wolsey became lord chancellor, making him the king's principal minister and England's senior judge, despite having no formal education in the law. Wolsey's pan-European vision ensured that he was well aware of the threat posed by Martin Luther's theological revolution and campaign against clerical abuses. He therefore sought to nip English heresy in the bud by taking decisive action against known religious radicals and by founding Cardinal College (now Christ Church), Oxford, with a view to forming well-educated priests who would combat heresy and institute ecclesiastical reform from within the hierarchy. Among England's senior churchmen, only Wolsey might have executed such a strategy, but circumstances were combining to thwart his plans. Wolsey was frustrated and ultimately disgraced by the essentially domestic problem of the king's determination that Anne Boleyn should be his wife and the mother of his legitimate heir. This book is an engaging and dramatic biography of this colossus of the Tudor age.…

Zustand: New. A biography of Thomas Cardinal Wolsey, one of the most powerful men in English history whose impact was as great in Church affairs as those of the State. It tells how the accession of Henry VIII provided the catalyst for Wolsey's dramatic rise to power and in 1514 he received first the bishopric of Lincoln and then the archbishopric of York. Num Pages: 240 pages, 8 bw illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 166 x 24. Weight in Grams: 532. . 2009. 1st Edition. Hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…