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The Rise of Thomas Cromwell: Power and Politics in the Reign of Henry VIII, 1485-1534

By Michael Everett

Book information

Publisher
Yale University Press
Year
2015
ISBN
0300207425, 9780300207422
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (2999246 bytes)
Pages
376\385
Scanned
yes
Time added
2015-07-31 22:05:50
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Description

How much does the Thomas Cromwell of popular novels and television series resemble the real Cromwell? This meticulous study of Cromwell’s early political career expands and revises what has been understood concerning the life and talents of Henry VIII’s chief minister. Michael Everett provides a new and enlightening account of Cromwell’s rise to power, his influence on the king, his role in the Reformation, and his impact on the future of the nation.   Controversially, Everett depicts Cromwell not as the fervent evangelical, Machiavellian politician, or the revolutionary administrator that earlier historians have perceived. Instead he reveals Cromwell as a highly capable and efficient servant of the Crown, rising to power not by masterminding Henry VIII’s split with Rome but rather by dint of exceptional skills as an administrator.

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