Henry VIII/Bibliography

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Biographical

• Erickson, Carolly. Mistress Anne: The Exceptional Life of Anne Boleyn. (1984) 464 pp. poular biography
• Cressy, David. "Spectacle and Power: Apollo and Solomon at the Court of Henry VIII." History Today 1982 32(oct): 16-22. Issn: 0018-2753 Fulltext: Ebsco Traces the transition of Henry from Renaissance monarch (the youthful Apollo) to Reformation patriarch (the aging Solomon) using the graphics and visual images displayed in his court, festivals, and kingdom.
• Gardner, James. "Henry VIII" in Cambridge Modern History vol 2 (1903), a brief political history online edition
• Graves, Michael. Henry VIII (2003) 217pp, topical coverage
• Ives, E. W. "Henry VIII (1491–1547)", in The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (2004), online at OUP, a good starting point
• Pollard, A.F. Henry VIII (1905) 470 pp; the first modern biography, accurate and still valuable valueonline edition
• Rex, Richard. Henry VIII and the English Reformation. (1993). 205 pp.
• Ridley, Jasper. Henry VIII. (1985). 473 pp. popular biography
• Scarisbrick, J. J. Henry VIII (1968) 592pp, a favourable scholarly biography; his Henry was "a formidable, captivating man who wore regality with a splendid conviction. But easily and unpredictably his great charm could turn into anger and shouting.... He was high-strung and unstable; hypochondriac and possessed of a strong streak of cruelty."
• Smith, Lacey Baldwin. Henry VIII: The Mask of Royalty (1971), a leading scholar writes the psycho-history of an egotistical border-line neurotic given to great fits of temper and deep and dangerous suspicions, with a mechanical and conventional, but deeply-held piety, and no better than a mediocre intellect to hold these contradictory forces in harness. online edition
• Starkey, David. Six Wives: the Queens of Henry VIII (2003) excerpt and text search
• Starkey, David. The Reign of Henry VIII: Personalities and Politics (1986). 174pp
• Weir, Alison. Henry VIII, King and Court (2001). 640pp a flattering portrait excerpt and text search
• Weir, Alison. The Children of Henry VIII. (1996). 400 pp.

Scholarly studies

• Bernard, G. W. The King's Reformation: Henry VIII and the Remaking of the English Church. (2005). 712 pp. excerpts and text search
• Bernard, G. W. "The Making of Religious Policy, 1533-1546: Henry VIII and the Search for the Middle Way." Historical Journal 1998 41(2): 321-349. Issn: 0018-246x Fulltext: in Jstor
• Bernard, G. W. War, Taxation, and Rebellion in Early Tudor England: Henry VIII, Wolsey, and the Amicable Grant of 1525. (1986). 164 pp
• Elton, G. R. The Tudor Revolution in Government: Administrative Changes in the Reign of Henry VIII (1953; revised 1962), major interpretation online edition
  • Coleman, Christoper, and David Starkey, eds. Revolution Reassessed: Revision in the History of Tudor Government and Administration (1986), evaluates Elton thesis
• Elton, G. R. Reform and Reformation: England, 1509-1558 (1977), hostile to Henry
• Fielder, Martha Anne. "Iconographic Themes in Portraits of Henry VIII." PhD dissertation Texas Christian U. 1985. 232 pp. DAI 1985 46(6): 1424-A. DA8517256

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• Fox, Alistair, and John Guy, eds. Reassessing the Henrician Age: Humanism, Politics and Reform 1500-1550 (1986), 242pp; advanced essays by scholars
• Head, David M. "Henry VIII's Scottish Policy: a Reassessment." Scottish Historical Review 1982 61(1): 1-24. Issn: 0036-9241 Argues that if Henry intended to take over Scotland then his 1542 victory at Solway Moss was the opportune moment, for the French were unable to intervene, the Scottish nobility was in disarray, and the infant Mary was in line for Scotland's throne. Instead, Henry adopted a policy similar to that in Ireland, since he could not afford outright conquest or the luxury of diplomacy.
• Loades, David. Henry VIII: Court, Church and Conflict (2007) 248pp; by a leading scholar excerpt and text search
• MacCulloch, Diarmaid, ed. The Reign of Henry VIII: Politics, Policy, and Piety. (1995). 313 pp. essays by scholars
• Mackie, J. D. The Earlier Tudors, 1485-1558 (1952), a political survey of the era online edition
• Lindsey, Karen. Divorced, Beheaded, Survived: A Feminist Reinterpretation of the Wives of Henry VIII (1995) online edition
• Slavin, Arthur J., ed. Henry VIII and the English Reformation (1968), readings by historians. online edition
• Smith, H. Maynard. Henry VIII and the Reformation (1948) online edition
• Walker, Greg. Writing under Tyranny: English Literature and the Henrician Reformation. (2005). 556 pp.

Historiography and memory

• Head, David M. "'If a Lion Knew His Own Strength': the Image of Henry VIII and His Historians." International Social Science Review 1997 72(3-4): 94-109. Issn: 0278-2308 Fulltext: Ebsco
• Hoak, Dale. "Politics, Religion and the English Reformation, 1533-1547: Some Problems and Issues." History Compass 2005 3 (Britain and Ireland): 7 pp Issn: 1478-0542 Fulltext: Blackwell Synergy
• Ives, Eric. "Will the Real Henry VIII Please Stand Up?" History Today 2006 56(2): 28-36. Issn: 0018-2753 Fulltext: Ebsco

Primary sources

• Williams, C. M. A. H. English Historical Documents, 1485-1558 (1996) online sources