| Acknowledgments
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vii
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|
Introduction
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1 |
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| 1
"A Most Accomplished Prince" |
4 |
| 2
"The Triumphal Coronation" |
11
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| 3
"A Prince of Splendour and Generosity" |
21 |
| 4
"This Magnificent, Excellent and Triumphant Court" |
26 |
| 5
"A Perfect Builder of Pleasant Palaces" |
36 |
| 6
"The King's House" |
44 |
| 7
"The Worship and Welfare of the Whole Household" |
58 |
| 8
"Such Plenty of Costly Provision" |
68 |
| 9
"Elegant Manners, Extreme Decorum, and Very Great Politeness"
|
77 |
| 10
"Innocent and Honest Pastimes" |
85 |
| 11
"New Men" and "Natural Counsellors" |
95 |
| 12
"All Goodly Sports" |
105 |
| 13
"Merry Disports" |
113 |
| 14
"Rather Divine Than Human" |
126
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| 15
"The Holy Innocent" |
135 |
| 16
"A Galaxy of Distinguished Men" |
143 |
| 17
"The King's Painters" |
152 |
| 18
"Graceless Dogholes" |
157 |
| 19
"Obstinate Men Who Govern Everything" |
163 |
| 20
"Cloth of Frieze Be Not Too Bold" |
170
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| 21
"The Best Dressed Sovereign in the World" |
181 |
| 22
"This Cardinal Is King" |
190 |
| 23
"The Pearl of the World" |
195 |
| 24
"Multitudes Are Dying around Us" |
202 |
| 25
"The Mother of the King's Son" |
209 |
| 26
"The Eighth Wonder of the World" |
218 |
| 27
"One Man's Disobedience" |
227 |
| 28
"A Proud Horse Tamed and Bridled" |
234
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| 29
"All the Enemies of England Are Gone" |
241 |
| 30
"Next in Rank to His Majesty" |
247 |
| 31
"The Establishment of Good Order" |
253 |
| 32
"A Fresh Young Damsel" |
257
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| 33
"Master Hans" |
263 |
| 34
"Noli Me Tangere, for Caesar's I Am" |
269 |
| 35
"A Thousand Cases of Sweat" |
278 |
| 36
"Back to Your Wife!" |
284 |
| 37
"Above Everyone, Mademoiselle Anne" |
290 |
| 38
"Squire Harry Will Be God, and Do as He Pleases!" |
301 |
| 39
"Opprobrious Words" |
309 |
| 40
"The Lady Marquess" |
316 |
| 41
"The Triumph at Calais and Boulogne" |
321
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| 42
"Anna Regina Angliae" |
326 |
| 43
"Here Anna Comes, Bright Image of Chastity" |
332 |
| 44
"The High and Mighty Princess of England" |
338 |
| 45
"The Image of God upon Earth" |
344 |
| 46
"That Thin Old Woman" |
353 |
| 47
"Thunder Rolls around the Throne" |
363 |
| 48
"Bound to Obey and Serve" |
375 |
| 49
"The Suppression of the Religious Houses" |
382 |
| 50
"The Most Joyful News" |
390 |
| 51
"The Very Pearl of the Realm" |
401 |
| 52
"A Sort of Knaves" |
406 |
| 53
"Nourishing Love" |
413 |
| 54
"Displeasant Airs" |
419 |
| 55
"I Have Been Young, and Now Am Old" |
429 |
| 56
"Is Not the Queen Abed Yet?" |
437 |
| 57
"Little, Sweet Fool" |
445 |
| 58
"A Nest of Heretics" |
451 |
| 59
"The Good Expectations of the King's Majesty" |
459 |
| 60
"The Enterprise of Boulogne" |
468
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| 61
"The Worst Legs in the World" |
473 |
| 62
"Painful Service" |
479 |
|
63
"The Rarest Man That Lived in His Time"
|
488
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| Genealogical
Table: The Tudors and Their Rivals |
498 |
| Bibliography
|
500 |
| Notes
and References |
540 |
| List
of Illustrations |
617 |
| Index
|
619
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