Remembering Wolsey seeks to contribute to our understanding of historical memory and memorialization by examining in detail the commemoration and representation of the life of Thomas Wolsey, the sixteenth-century cardinal, papal legate, and lord chancellor of England. Hornbeck surveys a wide range of representations of Cardinal Wolsey, from those contemporary with his death to recent mass-market appearances on television and historical fiction, to go beyond previous scholarship that has examined Wolsey only in an early modern context. Remembering Wolsey contributes significantly to the ongoing reimagining of English church history in the years prior to the Reformation. Surveying chronicle accounts, pamphlets, plays, poems, historical fictions, works of historical scholarship, civic pageants and monuments, films, and television programs, the book shows how an extended sequence of authors have told widely varying stories about Wolsey’s life, often through the lens of their own religious and ideological commitments and/or in response to the pressing concerns of their times.
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List of Abbreviations vii Acknowledgments ix Introduction: Memory and Representation 1 1. The Basic Ingredients (1530–c.1600) 19 2. Parchment, Pamphlets, and Plays: Into the Early Stuart Period (c. 1580–1641) 53 3. From Restoration to Catholic Emancipation: Texts and Places (1641–c.1860) 88 4. Historical Fiction, Academic History, and Civic Pageantry (c. 1850–c.1960) 120 5. From A Man for All Seasons to Wolf Hall (c. 1960–present) 157 Conclusion 191 Notes 201 Bibliography 255 Index 279 Color plates follow page 148
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Displaying an impressive depth and range of scholarship, Patrick Hornbeck expertly traces the reputation of one Tudor England’s most controversial figures, from the judgements of sixteenth century writers to modern day TV and film dramas. Hornbeck sheds new light not just on Wolsey himself, but on how we see him today, and how we remember the English Reformation.
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780823282180
Publisert
2019-02-05
Utgiver
Vendor
Fordham University Press
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet

Biographical note

J. Patrick Hornbeck II is Chair and Professor of Theology at Fordham University. He is author of What Is a Lollard? and A Companion to Lollardy and co-editor of More than a Monologue: Sexual Diversity and the Catholic Church. Voices of Our Time and More than a Monologue: Inquiry, Thought, and Expression.