EARLY TUDOR ENGLAND: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 1987 HARLAXTON SYMPOSIUM.

WILLIAMS, Daniel.

ISBN 10: 0851155111 / ISBN 13: 9780851155111

Published by Boydell & Brewer Inc, Woodbridge,, 1989

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First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. Original publishers blue cloth, lettered silver at the spine. Bookplate on the front pastedown of distinguished medieval historian and publisher Richard Barber who founded the Boydell Press in 1969 (later Boydell and Brewer). The proceedings of the 1987 Harlaxton Symposium focused upon the theme of early Tudor England. The papers in this volume elucidate the history and the artistic and intellectual achievement of that epoch under the patronage of the gentry and the early Tudor monarchs, particularly Henry VIII. ISBN: 0851155111 Pages: 240 Very good indeed in very good indeed dust jacket. Decent copy. No inscriptions, not price-clipped.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: EARLY TUDOR ENGLAND: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 1987 HARLAXTON SYMPOSIUM.
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Inc, Woodbridge,
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0851155111
• ISBN 13: 9780851155111
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
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Synopsis

These essays on the history and artistic and intellectual achievement of the early Tudor period reflect the sense of continuity between the first half of the sixteenth century and the preceding hundred years. The artistic and intellectual dominance of continental influences and fashions, discernible in the previous century, remains: the portrait miniature is a continental off-shoot of manuscript illumination, introduced into England by Lucas Horenbout; theAshwellthorpe triptych acknowledges Netherlandish influence; carved misericords are copies from German and Dutch prints; even the windows of early Tudor courtier houses get their Renaissance influence from French sources. Yet changes in artistic patronage are in the air under Henry VIII as his allies, the new Tudor gentry, become key figures in royal government, and the medieval knight becomes a courtier requiring culture and education.

Synopsis

The proceedings of the 1987 Harlaxton Symposium focused upon the theme of early Tudor England. The papers in this volume elucidate the history and the artistic and intellectual achievement of that epoch under the patronage of the gentry and the early Tudor monarchs, particularly Henry VIII.