Remembering Wolsey : A History of Commemorations and Representations / J. Patrick Hornbeck II.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

II, J. Patrick Hornbeck, Author.

Series:

Fordham scholarship online.

Fordham scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wolsey, Thomas, 1475?-1530--In literature.

Wolsey, Thomas, 1475?-1530--Anniversaries, etc.

Cardinals--England--Biography.

Cardinals.

Prime ministers--England--Biography.

Prime ministers.

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

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Fordham University Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Remembering Wolsey seeks to contribute to our understanding of historical memory and memorialization by examining in detail the commemoration and representation of the life of Thomas Wolsey, the sixteenth-century cardinal, papal legate, and lord chancellor of England. Hornbeck surveys a wide range of representations of Cardinal Wolsey, from those contemporary with his death to recent mass-market appearances on television and historical fiction, to go beyond previous scholarship that has examined Wolsey only in an early modern context.Remembering Wolsey contributes significantly to the ongoing reimagining of English church history in the years prior to the Reformation. Surveying chronicle accounts, pamphlets, plays, poems, historical fictions, works of historical scholarship, civic pageants and monuments, films, and television programs, the book shows how an extended sequence of authors have told widely varying stories about Wolsey’s life, often through the lens of their own religious and ideological commitments and/or in response to the pressing concerns of their times.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Abbreviations

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. The Basic Ingredients (1530– c. 1600)

2. Parchment, Pamphlets, and Plays: Into the Early Stuart Period (c. 1580–1641)

3. From Restoration to Catholic Emancipation: Texts and Places (1641– c. 1860)

4. Historical Fiction, Academic History, and Civic Pageantry (c. 1850– c. 1960)

5. From A Man for All Seasons to Wolf Hall (c. 1960– pres ent)

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

This edition also issued in print: 2019.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jul 2020)

ISBN:

9780823286232

0823286231

9780823282197

0823282198

9780823282203

0823282201

OCLC:

1079399008