Volume: 41 Issue: 6
Contents of History Today, June 1991 |
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William Sessions on the connections of the charismatic courtier-poet who in a short and ill-fated life bridged the aristocratic Renaissance cultures of the... |
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Maria Dowling considers the contribution of Henry VIII's queens in promoting new learning and religion at the Tudor court. |
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Janet Backhouse quarries the contents of Henry's manuscript library and discusses what they tell us of his taste, interests and the attempts of others to curry... |
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David Starkey provides an introduction to the remarkable ruler born 500 years ago, whose anniversary the Greenwich exhibition is marking, and places his... |
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Top gun? Alexander McKee assesses Henry VIII's prowess as a commander by land and sea in the light of his 1545 campaigns against the French. |
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The king on the move - Simon Thurley discusses the style and range of palaces and great houses Henry VIII had available to house him and his peripatetic court. |
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Henry VIII spent astronomical amounts on military fortifications from the Scottish border to the South Coast of England. Marcus Merriman discusses the locations... |
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Business with pleasure - Steven Gunn shows how the spectacle of the joust oiled the wheels of service and diplomacy as well as building up the court's image, not... |
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The early Renaissance royal palace on the Thames |
