So great a prince
Subtitle: the accession of Henry VIII: 1509
By: Lauren Johnson
Edition: First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
Publisher: Pegasus Books
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 330
ISBN-13: 9781681775418
Subjects: Kings and rulers; Biography; History
Description: England, 1509. Henry VII, the first Tudor monarch, is dead; his successor, the seventeen-year-old Henry VIII, offers hope of renewal and reconciliation after the corruption and repression of the last years of his father's reign. Johnson offers a fascinating portrait of a country at a crossroads between two powerful monarchs and between the worlds of the late Middle Ages and the Renaissance. She explores early Tudor lives through the rhythms of annual rituals, juxtaposing political events in Westminster and the palaces of southeast England with the religious, agrarian, and social events that punctuated the lives of the people of this one year.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: A note on dates, spelling and money; title: Lady Day 1509: time to pay your debts; title: Easter: to everything a time and place; title: St George's Day: an education; title: May: 'Youth must have some dalliance'; title: Midsummer: 'All England is in ecstasies'; title: Lammas: good and bad lordship; title: All Saints and All Souls: 'We are but dust, and die we must'; title: Christmas: Feast and fast; title: Plough Day: 'Fear God, honour the king'; title: Shrove: contrition and suspicion; title: Lady Day 1510: Conception; title: 1510 and beyond: Fortune's wheel.