Title: Thomas Cromwell
Description: "Thomas Cromwell, chief architect of the English Reformation, served as minister of Henry VIII from 1531 to 1540, a period that saw more political and religious reform than any other time in Henry's thirty-seven-year reign. Thus the momentous events of the 1530s are generally (but not universally) attributed to Cromwell's agency. In this classroom biography, the first in a generation and the only one now in print, that judgment is largely accepted, though it is combined with earlier and more critical assessments that view Cromwell as a disciple of Machiavelli. One distinguishing feature of this study is its overview of Machiavellian thought, along with its overview of Marsilian thought. Marsilius of Padua, fourteenth-century political philosopher and author of Defensor Pacis, is widely recognized as the source of Cromwell's reformation ideas; but nowhere is Marsilius explicated. Thus, while this book is a biography, its focus is broader and its uses are more varied."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Biography, Cabinet officers, Church history, History, Influence, Politics and government, Reformation, Statesmen, Cromwell, thomas, earl of essex, 1485?-1540, Machiavelli, niccolo, 1469-1527, Cabinet officers, great britain, Statesmen, biography, Statesmen, great britain, Reformation, england, Great britain, history, tudors, 1485-1603, Great britain, politics and government, England
Places: England, Great Britain
People: Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527), Thomas Cromwell Earl of Essex (1485?-1540)
Time periods: 1509-1547, 16th century, Henry VIII, 1509-1547