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Thomas Cromwell: Machiavellian Statecraft and the English Reformation

Thomas Cromwell: Machiavellian Statecraft and the English Reformation

by Patrick J. Coby (Author)

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    Paperback 2009

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    Hardcover 2009

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Synopsis

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. This biography_the first in a generation and the only one now in print_looks at his work and achievements during this period, and includes earlier and more critical assessments that view Cromwell as a disciple of Machiavelli.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 244
 Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 31 Jan 2009
ISBN 10: 0739134043
ISBN 13: 9780739134047

Media Reviews
Well-organized introductory work...Recommended. CHOICE, January 2010 Coby's work in contextualizing the rich and complicated story of Cromwell's life cannot be praised enough...Coby ably depicts how Cromwell worked with and against his fellow courtiers... Thomas Cromwell: Machiavellian Statecraft and the English Reformation will revitalize the study of Cromwell. The Journal Of The Review Of Politics, Volume 72, 2010 This is at once a compelling, much needed biography and a massively well-informed intellectual history of the sixteenth century. J. Patrick Coby artfully tells the story of the man born to middling circumstances who helped transform England into a modern state. At the same time, he provides a lively account of the intellectual, religious, and political ideas and movements roiling the sixteenth century, showing how they influenced Cromwell and how Cromwell in turn helped to shape them. Coby focuses on events-biographical, historical, intellectual-of the 1530s, and students of the period will find particularly valuable his assessment of the seven sessions of the Reformation Parliament. -- Larry Carver, University of Texas at Austin A series of though-provoking points of reference as Coby recounts Cromwell's rise and maintenance of his position as chief minister to Henry VIII in the 1530s, as the king's 'great matter' made that transcendent leap into the jurisdictional phase of the English Reformation... An engaging and enjoyable study, ideal for both undergraduates and more casual students of Tudor history in its succinct description of 1530s England. Sixteenth Century Journal
Author Bio
J. Patrick Coby is chair of the Department of Government at Smith College.