Research Catalog

Title

Henry VIII : man and monarch / exhibition guest curated by David Starkey ; British Library curator, Andrea Clarke ; catalogue edited by Susan Doran.

Publication

London : British Library, 2009.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Starkey, David
• Clarke, Andrea.
• Doran, Susan
• British Library

Description

288 p. : col. ill., maps, plans; 30 cm.

Summary

The year 2009 marks the 500th anniversary of Henry VIII's accession to the throne, and to celebrate this momentous occasion, leading Tudor scholars David Starkey and Susan Doran examine the extraordinary transformations - personal and political, intellectual and religious, literary, aesthetic, and linguistic - that took place during Henry's reign. Drawing on the British Library's unparalleled collections, Henry VIII explores the motives and beliefs that spurred Henry's actions, masterfully telling the story of his reign. This refreshing approach reaches beyond the myths and stereotypes surrounding this monumental historical figure and encourages readers to reassess their perceptions of the great Tudor monarch who still manages to cast a spell over our imaginations. Richly illustrated with color images from the accompanying exhibition at the British Library - including many of Henry's own annotated volumes - and including contributions from notable scholars such as Eamon Duffy and James Carley, this volume presents an unsurpassed firsthand outline of the revolutionary changes in ideas that took place during Henry's reign - and above all, in his own mind.

Subjects

• Biographies
• History
• Exhibition catalogs
• London (2009)
• Ausstellung
• Great Britain > Kings and rulers > Biography
• Great Britain > Kings and rulers > Exhibitions
• Great Britain > History > Henry VIII, 1509-1547 > Exhibitions
• Henry > VIII, > King of England, > 1491-1547 > Exhibitions

Genre/Form

• Ausstellung.
• London (2009)
• Biographies
• Exhibition catalogs
• History
• Biographies.

Note

• "On the occasion of the exhibition at The British Library, 'Henry VIII : Man and Monarch', 23 April - 6 September 2009"--T.p. verso.
• TV tie-in.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 278-282) and indexes.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Machine generated contents note: The Catalogue -- The Young Henry (1491-1509) -- Venus and Mars (1509-13) -- The Triumph of Peace? (1514-27) -- The Turning Point (1527-29) -- The Royal Supremacy (1529-35) -- The Crisis of 1536 -- The Making of a New Church (1536-40) -- The Last Years (1539-47) -- Death, Will and Succession (1546-47) -- Henry VIII as Bibliophile: His Book Collections, Their Storage and Their Use.

ISBN

• 9780712350266 (pbk.)
• 0712350268 (pbk.)
• 9780712350259 (hbk.)
• 071235025X (hbk.)

OCLC

• 300401170
• SCSB-11591948

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library