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George Cavendish (1497 – c. 1562) was an English writer, best known as the biographer of Cardinal Thomas Wolsey.
George Cavendish (born 1500—died 1561/62) was an English courtier and writer who won a minor but lasting reputation through a single work, his Life of Cardinal Wolsey. This work is a landmark in the development of English biography, an important document to the student of Tudor history, and a rare source of information on the character of the ...
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27 de mar. de 2021 · Internet Archive. Language. English. xli, 304 pages : 23 cm. A contemporary biography of Thomas Wolsey, known for its detailed picture of early English court life and of political events in the 1520s. Formerly ascribed to the author's brother, Sir William Cavendish.
George Cavendish's 'The Life of Cardinal Wolsey' is a compelling biography that delves into the rise and fall of one of England's most powerful and influential figures during the reign of...
Article. Metrics. Get access. Cite. Rights & Permissions. Extract. In composing the work known as The life and death of Cardinal Wolsey, some twenty-five years after the last event it describes, George Cavendish was not motivated by the ambitions of a secular annalist or historian.
George Cavendish, The Life of Cardinal Wolsey and Metrical Visions, ed. Samuel W. Singer, 2 vols (Chiswick, 1825). Sylvester The Life and Death of Cardinal Wolsey by George Cavendish , ed. Richard S. Sylvester, EETS, orig. ser. 243 (London, New York and Toronto, 1959).
sort by. « previous 1 2 3 4 next » * Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author. To add more books, click here . George Cavendish has 93 books on Goodreads with 736 ratings. George Cavendish’s most popular book is Two Early Tudor Lives: The Life and Death of Cardina...
