Reginald Pole Prince and Prophet |
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Author:
| Mayer, Thomas F. |
ISBN: | 978-0-521-03869-0 |
Publication Date: | Jul 2007 |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $39.99 |
Book Description:
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This is the first biography in ninety years of Reginald Pole (1500SH1558), one of the most important international figures of the sixteenth century, and the first ever to give equal attention to all phases of his career. Pole's career is followed as protégé and then harshest critic of Henry VIII, as cardinal and papal diplomat, legate of Viterbo, a nearly successful candidate for pope, and finally as legate to England, archbishop of Canterbury, architect of the English...
More DescriptionThis is the first biography in ninety years of Reginald Pole (1500SH1558), one of the most important international figures of the sixteenth century, and the first ever to give equal attention to all phases of his career. Pole's career is followed as protégé and then harshest critic of Henry VIII, as cardinal and papal diplomat, legate of Viterbo, a nearly successful candidate for pope, and finally as legate to England, archbishop of Canterbury, architect of the English Counter-Reformation, and victim of both pope Paul IV and of himself.