
Remembering Wolsey
A History of Commemorations and Representations
J. Patrick Hornbeck II(Author)
Fordham University Press
Published on 5. February 2019
Book
Hardback
320 pages
978-0-8232-8217-3 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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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Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
13 color and 4 b/w illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 231 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
567 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8232-8217-3 (9780823282173)
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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.
Content
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
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