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Thomas Cromwell

Machiavellian Statecraft and the English Reformation

By: Patrick J. Coby

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Thomas Cromwell

Machiavellian Statecraft and the English Reformation

By: Patrick J. Coby

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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242

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Lexington Books

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0739134051

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9780739134054

Thomas Cromwell

The True Story of 'Wolf Hall'

By: J. Patrick Coby

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Thomas Cromwell

The True Story of 'Wolf Hall'

By: J. Patrick Coby

A biography of Thomas Cromwell, principal minister of Henry VIII from 1532 to 1540, the most tumultuous period in Henry's reign.

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325

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Amberley Publishing Limited

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1445614243

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9781445614243

The Sonnets of Thomas Pringle

Migration and Poetic Form

By: Patrick Lenahan

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The Sonnets of Thomas Pringle

Migration and Poetic Form

By: Patrick Lenahan

When the Scottish poet Thomas Pringle emigrated to the Cape Colony in 1820 he voyaged also into a new creative life and an art responsive to his colonial home, “sterner verse” for “darker scenes”. Accompanying him to the Cape, the sonnet became his most consistent choice for capturing his experiences and convictions, his personal crises and the greater trauma of colonial appropriation and racial oppression. In this study his unique contribution to the Romantic-era sonnet is for the first time given its full due, through readings that are as attentive to form and formal agency as to the cultural, social and historical conditions in which they are enmeshed. Moving beyond colonial theory to consider issues of literary migration, this illuminating work shows how Pringle effectively opened up a radical conversation between the habitual modes of perception and response of British Romanticism and his new, southern world.

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333

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BRILL

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9004549935

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9789004549937

Thomas Hardy

By: Nicola Barber,Patrick Lee-Browne

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Thomas Hardy

By: Nicola Barber,Patrick Lee-Browne

This volume is part of the Writers in Britain series which introduces children to great literary figures. This volume examines the life of Thomas Hardy and how the change from the 19th to the 20th century influenced him and his writing.

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Evans Brothers

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0237521172

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9780237521172

James of Jerusalem

Heir to Jesus of Nazareth

By: Patrick J. Hartin

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James of Jerusalem

Heir to Jesus of Nazareth

By: Patrick J. Hartin

By paying attention to passages in the New Testament where "James, the brother of the Lord" or "James, the Righteous One", or simple "James the Just" appears (directly or indirectly), this study illustrates James' role within the early Christian movement. It shows the richness and diversity of early Christianity and how it defined itself in relationship to its roots in Judaism and ever-increasing number of believers who joined the movement from the wider Greek and Roman worlds.

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196

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Liturgical Press

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0814651526

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9780814651520

Hometown Architect

The Complete Buildings of Frank Lloyd Wright in Oak Park and River Forest, Illinois

By: Patrick F. Cannon

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Hometown Architect

The Complete Buildings of Frank Lloyd Wright in Oak Park and River Forest, Illinois

By: Patrick F. Cannon

Oak Park and River Forest are a mecca for Wright scholars and enthusiasts. Nowhere else can one visit so many Frank Lloyd Wright buildings and experience the architect's Prairie-style philosophy so fully. Hometown Architect is a thorough chronicle of that experience. Even if you have not had the good fortune to see these houses firsthand, the textual and photographic tours comprising this book will make you feel as though you have. Hometown Architect presents twenty-seven Wright homes, and Unity Temple, documenting one of the architect's most influential periods of his career. The last chapter surveys eight lost, altered, and possibly Wright homes. More than ninety photographs of the buildings' exteriors and interiors are accompanied by descriptive captions, while introductory text to each chapter details the story behind each commission, addressing Wright's relationships with his clients, the importance of each building in Wright's oeuvre, and the characteristics that make each house unique. The endpapers of this book feature a map locating all the sites discussed. By Patrick F. Cannon, introduction by Paul Kruty, photography by James Caulfield. Published in cooperation with the Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust.

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160

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Pomegranate

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0764937464

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9780764937460

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