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Characterised by an interest in the nature and expression of power,
this collection of essays by George Bernard combines a number of
previously published pieces with original studies. Chapters range
from detailed studies of aspects of the political and religious
history of the reign of Henry VIII to more general accounts of
early-modern architecture, the development of the Church of
England, and a polemical attack upon 'postmodern' historiography.
The role of the nobility is a major theme. Emphasis is given to
their social, economic, political and ideological power and the
ways in which they exercised it in support of the monarchy.
In-depth examinations of the falls of Anne Boleyn and Cardinal
Wolsey and the relationship of the King and ministers challenge
widespread views concerning the significance of factionalism.
Analyses of such key events indicate that Henry VIII was very much
in charge. Likely to provoke considerable debate, this stimulating
collection is an important contribution to Tudor history.
A major reassessment of England's break with Rome Henry VIII's
reformation remains among the most crucial yet misunderstood events
in English history. In this substantial new account G. W. Bernard
presents the king as neither confused nor a pawn in the hands of
manipulative factions. Henry, a monarch who ruled as well as
reigned, is revealed instead as the determining mover of religious
policy throughout this momentous period. In Henry's campaign to
secure a divorce from Catherine of Aragon, which led him to break
with Rome, his strategy, as Bernard shows, was more consistent and
more radical than historians have allowed. Henry refused to
introduce Lutheranism, but rather harnessed the rhetoric of the
continental reformation in support of his royal supremacy.
Convinced that the church needed urgent reform, in particular the
purging of superstition and idolatry, Henry's dissolution of the
monasteries and the dismantling of the shrines were much more than
a venal attempt to raise money. The king sought a middle way
between Rome and Zurich, between Catholicism and its associated
superstitions on one hand and the subversive radicalism of the
reformers on the other. With a ruthlessness that verged on tyranny,
Henry VIII determined the pace of change in the most important
twenty years of England's religious development.
A new look at Henry VIII's second wife, Anne Boleyn "Will certainly
make readers think again about what we really know about Henry
VIII's most controversial wife-and what we have merely become
accustomed to believe we know about her."-Paul Hammer, University
of Colorado at Boulder In this groundbreaking new biography, G. W.
Bernard offers a fresh portrait of one of England's most
captivating queens. Through a wide-ranging forensic examination of
sixteenth-century sources, Bernard reconsiders Boleyn's girlhood,
her experience at the French court, the nature of her relationship
with Henry, and the authenticity of her evangelical sympathies. He
depicts Anne Boleyn as a captivating, intelligent, and highly
sexual woman whose attractions Henry resisted for years until
marriage could ensure legitimacy for their offspring. He shows that
it was Henry, not Anne, who developed the ideas that led to the
break with Rome. And, most radically, he argues that the
allegations of adultery that led to Anne's execution in the Tower
could be close to the truth.
The later medieval English church is invariably viewed through the
lens of the Reformation that transformed it. But in this bold and
provocative book historian George Bernard examines it on its own
terms, revealing a church with vibrant faith and great energy, but
also with weaknesses that reforming bishops worked to overcome.
Bernard emphasizes royal control over the church. He examines the
challenges facing bishops and clergy, and assesses the depth of lay
knowledge and understanding of the teachings of the church,
highlighting the practice of pilgrimage. He reconsiders
anti-clerical sentiment and the extent and significance of heresy.
He shows that the Reformation was not inevitable: the late medieval
church was much too full of vitality. But Bernard also argues that
alongside that vitality, and often closely linked to it, were
vulnerabilities that made the break with Rome and the dissolution
of the monasteries possible. The result is a thought-provoking
study of a church and society in transformation.
This collection of hitherto unpublished material sheds important
light on the English court and its relationship with a wider
political society in the sixteenth century. The 'Journall' of
political events covering 1547-52 and 1559-1562, possibly by the
'commonwealth man' John Hayles, offers arresting insights on court
politics, foreign affairs and events in the life of London. It is
published alongside a related account of the rivalry between the
Dukes of Somerset and Northumberland. Court religious ceremonial is
illustrated through an edition of regulations for the royal chapel.
The memoir of Jean Malliet, sent to England to solicit a loan for
the beleaguered city of Geneva in 1582-3, demonstrates the
'Calvinist international' at work. A tranche of letters from Sir
Robert Cecil to Sir Christopher Hatton offers fresh material on
court politics in this period.
This collection of hitherto unpublished material sheds important
new light on the English court and its relationship with a wider
political society in the sixteenth century. The 'Journall' of
political events covering 1547-52 and 1559-1562, possibly by the
'commonwealth man' John Hayles, offers arresting insights on court
politics, foreign affairs and events in the life of London. It is
published alongside a related account of the rivalry between the
Dukes of Somerset and Northumberland. Court religious ceremonial is
illustrated through an edition of regulations for the royal chapel.
The memoir of Jean Malliet, sent to England to solicit a loan for
the beleaguered city of Geneva in 1582-3, demonstrates the
'Calvinist international' at work. A tranche of letters from Sir
Robert Cecil to Sir Christopher Hatton offers fresh material on
court politics in this period.
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