Patrick J. Coby

Thomas Cromwell (eBook, ePUB)

Machiavellian Statecraft and the English Reformation

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Thomas Cromwell, chief architect of the English Reformation, served as minister of Henry VIII from 1531 to 1540, the period during which more political and religious reform was accomplished than at any other time in Henry's thirty-seven-year reign. Thus the momentous events of the 1530s are generally (but not universally) attributed to Cromwell's agency. Cromwell has been the subject of close and continuous attention for the last half century, with positive appraisal of his work and achievements as the scholarly norm.

In this classroom biography-the first in a generation and the only one now in print-that judgment is largely accepted, though it is combined with earlier and more critical assessments that view Cromwell as a disciple of Machiavelli. One distinguishing feature of this study is its overview of Machiavellian thought, along with its overview of Marsilian thought. Marsilius of Padua, fourteenth-century political philosopher and author of Defensor Pacis, is widely recognized as the source of Cromwell's reformation ideas; but nowhere is Marsilius explicated. The same is true of Machiavelli-never explicated though said to be (by Reginald Pole, cousin of Henry and cardinal of the church) the source of Cromwell's ideas on statecraft. A second distinguishing feature of the book is its inclusion of an introductory chapter that situates Cromwell in the sixteenth century and shows his connection to important events, characters, and ideas. Thus, while the book is a biography, its focus is broader and its uses more various.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Februar 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780739134054
• Artikelnr.: 39140997

Autorenporträt

J. Patrick Coby is chair of the Department of Government at Smith College.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Cromwell Timeline Chapter 3 I. Introduction:
Thomas Cromwell and the Sixteenth Century Chapter 4 II. Sources: Marsilius
and Machiavelli Chapter 5 III. The Pre-Ministerial Years Chapter 6 IV.
Henrician England Chapter 7 V. To Parliament and the Court Chapter 8 VI.
The Reformation Parliament Chapter 9 VII. The Fall of Anne Boleyn Chapter
10 VIII. Rebellion Chapter 11 IX. Henrician Protestantism and the Return to
Orthodoxy Chapter 12 X. Matrimonial Diplomacy Chapter 13 XI. The Fall of
Thomas Cromwell Chapter 14 XII. Conclusion: Cromwell, the Man, and the
Record