| Description |
127 pages : illustrations (part. color), portraits ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
Preface -- Henry VII -- Henry to Margaret Beaufort, 1501 -- Anecdote of the death of Prince Arthur -- The court festivals of Henry VII -- Henry VIII -- Henry to Erasmus, 1507 -- Henry to Ferdinand of Aragon, 1509 -- Henry to Anne Boleyn, 1527-8 -- Hall's 'Chronicle' -- The twenty-eighth year, 1536-7 -- The twenty-ninth year, 1537-8 -- The thirty-first year, 1539-40 -- Henry to Katherine Parr, 1544 -- Song : "Pastance with good company" -- Edward VI -- Edward's 'Chronicle' -- Jane Grey -- From 'The schoolmaster' by Roger Ascham -- From 'A harbour for faithful subjects' by John Aylmer -- Mary Tudor -- Mary to Henry VIII, 1533 -- Eustace Chapuys to Charles V, 1534 -- "Concerning the child-bed of Queen Mary" from Foxe's 'Book of martyrs' -- Giovanni Michele, 1557 -- Extract from Mary's last will and testament -- Queen Elizabeth -- Lady Bryan to Thomas Cromwell, 1536 -- Elizabeth to Katherine Parr, 1544 -- Elizabeth to Edward VI, 1550 -- Elizabeth to Queen Mary, 1554 -- From 'The schoolmaster' by Roger Ascham -- Elizabeth to Eric, King of Sweden, 1560 -- Encounter with the Dean of St Paul's, 1561 -- Melville at the English Court, 1564 -- Elizabeth to Mary, Queen of Scots, 1567 -- Elizabeth to George Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury, 1577 -- Elizabeth to Francis, Duke of Anjou, 1580 -- Elizabeth to Francis, Duke of Anjou, 1581 -- Elizabeth to Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, 1586 -- Elizabeth to Mary, Queen of Scots, 1586 -- Elizabeth to James VI of Scotland, 1587 -- Elizabeth to Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, 1596 -- Elizabeth to Lady Norris, 1597 -- Mr Fenton to Sir John Harington, 1597 -- Sir John Harintong to Sir Hugh Portman, 1601 -- Sir John Harington to his wife, 1602 -- Sir John Harington to Mr Robert Markham, 1606 |
| Summary |
"As with all monarchs who rule as well as reign, the gap between the public and private lives of the Tudors is a narrow one. The marriages of Henry VIII and the courtships of Elizabeth were affairs of state; just as th business of government was, in part, a matter of the sovereign's domestic routine. In another sense the Tudors had virtually no private life at all, for privacy itself was a very rare commodity at Court. From morning until night - and through the night - they were almost never alone, accompanied as they were by servants, ladies- or gentlemen-in-waiting, courtiers, officials, favourites, place-seekers. Yet it is precisely this merging of the public and private which gives a special significance to an understanding of the monarchs as personalities, for their characters, temperaments, tastes, qualities, defects, accomplishments, must be viewed in the context of an intensely personal style of government. The selection of documents presented here is intended to reflect some of these aspects, and to illustrate from contemporary material the less formal side of Tudor kingship." -- preface, p. [7] |
| SUBJECT |
Great Britain -- History -- Tudors, 1485-1603 -- Biography.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008115259
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Great Britain -- History -- Tudors, 1485-1603 -- Sources.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008115257
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Great Britain -- History -- Tudors, 1485-1603.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056776
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Great Britain -- Kings and rulers.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056859
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| Author |
Falkus, Christopher.
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| LC no. |
nla07036891 |
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