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Thomas Cromwell : Machiavellian statecraft and the English Reformation /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Coby, Patrick, 1948-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham : Lexington Books, [2009]
Subjects:
Cromwell, Thomas, > Earl of Essex, > 1485?-1540.
Great Britain > History > Henry VIII, 1509-1547 > Biography.
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1509-1547 > Biography.
England > Church history > 16th century.
Cabinet officers > Great Britain > Biography.
Statesmen > Great Britain > Biography.
Reformation > England.
Machiavelli, Niccolò, > 1469-1527 > Influence.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : Thomas Cromwell and the sixteenth century
  • Sources : Marsilius and Machiavelli
  • The pre-ministerial years
  • Henrician England
  • To Parliament and the court
  • The Reformation Parliament
  • The fall of Anne Boleyn
  • Rebellion
  • Henrician protestantism and the return to orthodoxy
  • Matrimonial diplomacy
  • The fall of Thomas Cromwell
  • Conclusion : Cromwell, the man and the record.