{"product_id":"thomas-starkey-and-the-commonwealth-humanist-politics-and-religion-in-the-reign-of-henry-viii-paperback-9780521521284","title":"Thomas Starkey and the Commonwealth; Humanist Politics and Religion in the Reign of Henry VIII (Paperback) 9780521521284","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThomas Starkey and the Commonwealth\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eHumanist Politics and Religion in the Reign of Henry VIII\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA portrait of Thomas Starkey (c. 1495–1538), the most Italianate Englishman of his generation.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eThomas Mayer (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521521284, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 22 August 2002\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e328 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.3 x 2.3 cm, 0.523 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThomas Starkey (c. 1495–1538) was the most Italianate Englishman of his generation. This book places Starkey into new and more appropriate contexts, both biographical and intellectual, taking him out of others in which he does not belong, from displaced Roundhead to follower of Marsilio of Padua. Beginning with his native Cheshire, it traces his career through Oxford, Padua, Paris, Avignon, Padua again, and finally England, where he spent the last four years of his life trying to fulfil his ambition to serve the commonweal. Most of Starkey's career revolved around his patron Reginald Pole, scion of the highest nobility, but Starkey (and many other Englishmen) managed to balance loyalty to Pole with allegiance to Henry VIII. Out of favour with the king's secretary after the middle of 1536, Starkey turned increasingly to religion, continuing to cling to his conciliarist and Italian Evangelical opinions until his death.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e A note on citations and abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Early life and education\u003cbr\u003e 2. Humanism from the source\u003cbr\u003e 3. 'Occasyon and tyme wyl never be restorey agayne': Pole, Paris and the dialogue\u003cbr\u003e 4. A responsible aristocracy\u003cbr\u003e 5. The dialogue in classical and 'medieval' tradition\u003cbr\u003e 6. An English spirituale\u003cbr\u003e 7. 'Homo politicus et regalis'\u003cbr\u003e 8. Writing for the drawer\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Early modern history: c 1450\/1500 to c 1700 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Early modern history: c 1450\/1500 to c 1700\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Early%20modern%20history:%20c%201450\/1500%20to%20c%201700%20%5BHBLH%5D%22\"\u003eHBLH\u003c\/a\u003e], British \u0026amp; Irish history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on British \u0026amp; Irish history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22British%20\u0026amp;%20Irish%20history%20%5BHBJD1%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD1\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46019761733912,"sku":"9780521521284","price":37.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521521284i_79018d3b-076a-4be6-8d9b-437e45a9b38e.jpg?v=1691383609","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/thomas-starkey-and-the-commonwealth-humanist-politics-and-religion-in-the-reign-of-henry-viii-paperback-9780521521284","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}