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Henry VII's New Men and the Making of Tudor England (Paperback)
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Henry VII's New Men and the Making of Tudor England (Paperback)
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The reign of Henry VII is important but mysterious. He ended the
Wars of the Roses and laid the foundations for the strong
governments of Henry VIII and Elizabeth I. Yet his style of rule
was unconventional and at times oppressive. At the heart of his
regime stood his new men, low-born ministers with legal, financial,
political, and military skills who enforced the king's will and in
the process built their own careers and their families' fortunes.
Some are well known, like Sir Edward Poynings, governor of Ireland,
or Empson and Dudley, executed to buy popularity for the young
Henry VIII. Others are less famous. Sir Robert Southwell was the
king's chief auditor, Sir Andrew Windsor the keeper of the king's
wardrobe, Sir Thomas Lovell, the Chancellor of the Exchequer so
trusted by Henry that he was allowed to employ the former Yorkist
pretender Lambert Simnel as his household falconer. Some paved the
way to glory for their relatives. Sir Thomas Brandon, master of the
horse, was the uncle of Henry VIII's favourite Charles Brandon,
duke of Suffolk. Sir Henry Wyatt, keeper of the jewel house, was
father to the poet Sir Thomas Wyatt. This volume, based on
extensive archival research, presents a kaleidoscopic portrait of
the new men. It analyses the offices and relationships through
which they exercised power and the ways they gained their wealth
and spent it to sustain their new-found status. It establishes
their importance in the operation of Henry's government and, as
their careers continued under his son, in the making of Tudor
England.
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