Del 202 - Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions

From Princes to Pages

The Literary Lives of Cardinal Wolsey, Tudor England’s ‘Other King’

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

AvGavin E. Schwartz-Leeper,Gavin E Schwartz-Leeper

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In From Princes to Pages, Gavin Schwartz-Leeper provides a wide-ranging assessment of early modern literary characterizations of Thomas Cardinal Wolsey, Henry VIII’s chief minister from 1515-1529. Called the ‘other king’, Wolsey became a contested symbol of the English Reformation through diverse literary depictions that demonstrate the transformative pressures of this complex period.The author traces the development of these characterizations from the satires of John Skelton to Shakespeare and Fletcher’s Henry VIII, and offers new considerations of canonical and lesser-known texts by George Cavendish, John Foxe, and Raphael Holinshed. This study brings together multidisciplinary analyses to demonstrate how Wolsey’s literary lives reveal much about the contemporary shaping of this period, and argues for new ways to understand uses of the past in early modern England.

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Utgivningsdatum2016-06-09
Mått155 x 235 x 20 mm
Vikt550 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieStudies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions
Antal sidor264
FörlagBrill
ISBN9789004317505

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List of ImagesAcknowledgementsIntroductionSpeaking nothing but truth: Problems, Structure, and SubjectChapter IRayling and Scoffery: Henrician Portrayals of Cardinal WolseyAgainst Venemous Tongues and Magnyfycence: early anti-Wolsey textsAfter Magnyfycence: Speaking Parrots, Everymen, and the Alter Rex1522: Reversals, Capitulations, and the Question of Wolsey’s PatronageGodly Queene Hester: The Codification of Early Tudor Anti-Wolsey SatireHester in Context: Heritage and EffectChapter II“A vysage of trwthe”: George Cavendish’s Characterizations of WolseyThe Metrical Visions: Rota Fortuna and Wolsey’s LamentationsCardinal Wolsey in the Metrical VisionsLe Historye in ContextPlacing the VisionsThe Life and Death of Cardinal WolseyChapter III“The history of a certaine ridiculous spectacle”: Literary Representations of Cardinal Wolsey in John Foxe’s Acts and MonumentsThe First Four English Editions: A Brief OverviewA Ridiculous Spectacle“See a butchers dogge”The King’s Great MatterThe Significant DeathChapter IV‘Handling This Story Effectualie’: Editorializing Wolsey in Holinshed’s ChroniclesThe 1577 Edition: Holinshed and WolseyWolsey, Post-Holinshed: Abraham Fleming and the 1587 EditionTo “frankelie and boldlie speak”: Methods and ConcernsLooking ForwardChapter V‘Griped By Meaner Persons’?: Wolsey in Shakespeare and Fletcher’s Henry VIII, or, All is TrueMirrors of Courtesy: Buckingham, Norfolk, and WolseyMaking Greatness Familiar: Ceremony and Processions in Henry VIIIKatherine and Wolsey: Representations in ConflictFalling like Lucifer: Wolsey’s Final Appearances in Henry VIIIEulogizing and Summarizing Cardinal Wolsey in Henry VIIIConclusionTraduced by Ignorant Tongues?BibliographyIndex