Thomas Starkey and the Commonwealth
Subtitle: Humanist Politics and Religion in the Reign of Henry VIII (Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: August 22, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 326
ISBN-13: 9780521521284
Subjects: Biography: general; British & Irish history: c 1500 to c 1700; c 1700 to c 1800; c 1800 to c 1900; History: World; History; History - General History; United Kingdom, Great Britain; Europe - Great Britain - General; Western Europe - General; History / Europe / Western; History / Great Britain; History-Europe - Great Britain - General
First sentence: In the first twenty or twenty-five years of his life, Thomas Starkey parlayed social standing and moderate wealth in his native Cheshire into one of the best humanist educations available in England.