So great a prince : the accession of Henry VIII: 1509 / Lauren Johnson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johnson, Lauren (Historian), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547.

Henry.

Great Britain--History--Henry VIII, 1509-1547.

Great Britain.

History.

Great Britain--Kings and rulers--Biography.

Kings and rulers.

Genre:

Biographies.

History.

Physical Description:

330 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Pegasus Books, 2017.

Summary:

England, 1509. Henry VII, the first Tudor monarch, is dead; his successor, the seventeen-year-old Henry VIII, offers hope of renewal and reconciliation after the corruption and repression of the last years of his father's reign. Johnson offers a fascinating portrait of a country at a crossroads between two powerful monarchs and between the worlds of the late Middle Ages and the Renaissance. She explores early Tudor lives through the rhythms of annual rituals, juxtaposing political events in Westminster and the palaces of southeast England with the religious, agrarian, and social events that punctuated the lives of the people of this one year.

Contents:

Introduction

A note on dates, spelling and money

Lady Day 1509: time to pay your debts

Easter: to everything a time and place

St George's Day: an education

May: 'Youth must have some dalliance'

Midsummer: 'All England is in ecstasies'

Lammas: good and bad lordship

All Saints and All Souls: 'We are but dust, and die we must'

Christmas: Feast and fast

Plough Day: 'Fear God, honour the king'

Shrove: contrition and suspicion

Lady Day 1510: Conception

1510 and beyond: Fortune's wheel.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 284-317) and index.

ISBN:

9781681775418

1681775417

OCLC:

1004393049

Publisher Number:

99973904303