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‘You cannot show me’: Two Tudor Coronation Processions, Shakespeare’s King Henry VIII and the Staging of Anne Boleyn [PDF]
In this paper, Leahy argues that Shakespeare’s portrayal of Anne Boleyn in King Henry VIII has traditionally been regarded as one that does not take account of her ambiguous historical position, and he goes on to examine this portrayal in the light of
Leahy, WJ
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Review of Thomas Betteridge and Suzannah Lipscombe, eds., Henry VIII and the Court: Art, Politics and Performance (Farnham: Ashgate, 2013).
Valerie Schutte
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The conversion of the cardinal? Pride and penitence in some Tudor histories of Thomas Wolsey
The life of Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, lord chancellor of England from 1515 to 1529, has inspired no small number of literary, historical, and dramatic retellings.
Patrick Hornbeck
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The Dates of Birth of Henry VIII’s English Wives
Despite holding an enduring place in the modern cultural imagination, the six wives of Henry VIII (r. 1509–1547) remain, in some respects, shadowy figures. This is especially true with regards to their births and childhoods.
Conor Byrne
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Review of Gareth Russell, Young and Damned and Fair: The Life and Tragedy of Catherine Howard at the Court of Henry VIII (London: William Collins, 2017).
Nicola Clark
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The King, the Cardinal-Legate, and the Field of Cloth of Gold
The Field of Cloth of Gold was a meeting in June 1520 between King Francis I of France and King Henry VIII of England. They met to affirm a treaty of peace and alliance between them, which was itself the centre of an international peace between most ...
Glenn Richardson
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Thomas Wharton project and the problem of Anglo-Scottish border government in 1540s [PDF]
This article analyses the draft reorganization of the administration of the border counties between England and Scotland, which was submitted to the monarch by Thomas Wharton.
Beltser, Alexandr A.
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Le Henri VIII de Saint-Saëns : entre affirmation idéologique et liberté théâtrale
A late example of French grand opera, Saint-Saëns’ Henri VIII (1883), a setting of the libretto by Léonce Détroyat and Armand Silvestre draws from Shakespeare’s and Fletcher’s Henry VIII as well as Calderón de la Bark’s La Cisma de Inglaterra.
Thierry Santurenne
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Thomas Wolsey on stage and screen
Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, lord chancellor of England from 1515 to 1529, has played no small part in the many literary, historical and dramatic retellings of the reign of King Henry VIII. This article presents the first extended analysis of the way in which
Patrick Hornbeck
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"Much joy and favour to you; you are the King’s now": Cardinal Wolsey as a Domestic Patron
This article explores the secular, political role of Renaissance cardinals through an analysis of the domestic agenda of Cardinal Thomas Wolsey as Lord Chancellor of England from 1515 to 1529, while positioning him within the context of his near ...
Simon Edward John Lambe
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