Henry VIII

Author(s)

• Ives, E. W. (Eric William)

Bibliographic Information

Henry VIII

Eric Ives

（Very interesting people, 14）

Oxford University Press, 2007

• : pbk

Other Title

Henry the Eighth

Note

"First published in the Oxford dictionary of national biography 2004. This paperback edition first published 2007"--T.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references (p. 109-111) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Definitive, concise, and very interesting...From William Shakespeare to Winston Churchill, the Very Interesting People series provides authoritative bite-sized biographies of Britain's most fascinating historical figures - people whose influence and importance have stood the test of time. Each book in the series is based upon the biographical entry from the world-famous Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. The Very Interesting People series includes the following titles: 1.William Shakespeare by Peter Holland 2. George Eliot by Rosemary Ashton 3. Charles Dickens by Michael Slater 4. Charles Darwin by Adrian Desmond, James Moore, and Janet Browne 5. Isaac Newton by Richard S.Westfall 6. Elizabeth I by Patrick Collinson 7. George III by John Cannon 8. Benjamin Disraeli by Jonathan Parry 9. Christopher Wren by Kerry Downes 10. John Ruskin by Robert Hewison 11. James Joyce by Bruce Stewart 12. John Milton by Gordon Campbell 13. Jane Austen by Marilyn Butler 14. Henry VIII by Eric Ives 15. Queen Victoria by K. D. Reynolds and H. C. G. Matthew 16. Winston Churchill by Paul Addison 17. Oliver Cromwell by John Morrill 18. Thomas Paine by Mark Philp 19. J. M. W. Turner by Luke Herrmann 20. William and Mary by Tony Claydon and W. A. Speck

Table of Contents

• Preface
• 1. Upbringing and inheritance, 1491-1514
• 2. Wolsey as royal minister, 1514-1530
• 3. New ideas and a new minister, 1530-1532
• 4. Establishing the royal supremacy, 1533-1540
• 5. Henry VIII: the man
• 6. The realm reshaped
• 7. The royal legacy
• 8. The royal magnificence: images and reality
• Sources
• Index

by "Nielsen BookData"

Details

• NCID: BA83033102
• ISBN:
  • 9780199217595
• LCCN: 2007012079
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Oxford
• Pages/Volumes: 118 p.
• Size: 18 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : DA332
  • DC22 : 942.05/2092
  • DC22 : B
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547
  • LCSH : Great Britain -- History -- Henry VIII, 1509-1547
  • LCSH : Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Biography
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA82890286