The age of Henry VIII

Hoak, Dale, author.

DVD 2003

Professor Dale Hoak of The College of William and Mary delivers twenty-four lectures where in he tries to answer the questions via a retrospective assessment of both Henry VIII and his reign.

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Great Britain History Henry VIII, 1509-1547

Great Britain Politics and government 1509-1547

Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547

Reformation England

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Great courses (DVD) Great courses (DVD). Modern history

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ISBN:

9791565857796
9781565857797
1565857798

Description:

4 discs (approximately 720 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
polychrome
digital optical
videodisc
DVD
video file DVD video

Target Audience Note:

Canadian Home Video Rating: Not rated

Other Title:

Age of Henry the Eighth

Notes:

Content supervisor, Maggie Lyons
Lecturer: Dale Hoak

Contents:

Disc 1. Lectures: Henry VIII - Kingship and revolution
The Wars of the roses and Henry VIII
Magesty and regality - The cult of monarchy
Chivalry and war - The accession of Henry VIII
King and Cardinal - England under Wolsey
Magnificence, war, and diplomacy, 1519-29
Disc 2. Lectures: Anne Boleyn and the king's "great metter"
King, church, and clergy
Church and people - Heresy and popular religion
Rex est Imperator - The break with Rome
Parliament, Law, and the nation
The trial and execution of Thomas More
Disc 3. Lectures: Humanism and piety
Wealth, class, and status
More's Utopia
The dissolution of the monasteries
Rebelion - The pilgrimage of grace
A Renaissance court
Disc 4. Lectures: Queen Anne Boleyn
Two queens - Jane Seymour and Anne of Cleves
Politics, sex, and religion - Catherine Howard
Queen Katherine Parr
Endgame - Politics and war, 1542-47
Retrospect - Henry VII: The king and his age

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1007846

Other Authors:

Burgstaller, Andreas
Teaching Company

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