Wolf Hall Companion by Mackay, Lauren -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Title Contents Introduction

Finding Cromwell Fact and Fiction A New Cromwell

Chapter 1 Rising Fortunes

Cromwell’s Early Life Walter Cromwell Thomas Cromwell on the Continent A Mercantile Education Cromwell the Lawyer The Cromwell Family at Austin Friars Cromwell and the Cardinal Richard Fox Wolsey The Tudor Dynasty Heirs and Spares The Tudor Court The Royal Palaces Families of Court

Chapter 2 Cromwell Ascends

The Cardinal’s Man Katherine of Aragon The Rivals and Henry’s ‘Great Matter’ Entry to court Anne Boleyn Tudor Pastimes Feast Days and Holy Days Tudor Christmas The Trappings of a Gentleman Men of the Privy Chamber

Chapter 3 A New Era

The Cardinal’s Descent Thomas More The Ambassador The Privy Council at Westminster Turning Point Elizabeth Barton: The Holy Maid of Kent Calais A Way Forward Prince[ess] Personal Spheres Renaissance Renaissance Influences The Oath of Succession

Chapter 4 Henry’s Wrath

Around the Throne the Thunder Rolls The Death of Katherine The Fall of the Boleyns Gathering Evidence Interrogation Trial and Execution After the Execution Personal Spheres The New Court Structure The Seymours The Rise of the Seymours Old Families, New Order Success and Succession Religion, the Dissolution of the Monasteries and the Pilgrimage of Grace

Chapter 5 The Fall of Cromwell

A Birth and a Death The Search for a New Queen New Alliances and Anne of Cleves Miscalculations and Execution The Aftermath

Further Reading Index Acknowledgements Copyright