The Correspondence of Reginald Pole - Volume 2 A Calendar, 1547-1554: A Power in Rome

Reginald Pole (1500-1558), cardinal and archbishop of Canterbury, was at the centre of reform controversies in the mid 16th century - antagonist of Henry VIII, a leader of the reform group in the Roman Church, and nearly elected pope (Julius III was elected in his stead). His voluminous correspondence is a major source for historians of England, Catholic Europe and the early Reformation as a whole. In addition to the information on both secular and ecclesiastical political history, and the spiritual motives of reform, these letters provide real insight into humanist learning and cultural patronage in the Renaissance. This is the first of a five-volume project, making a vast body of material available for the first time, summarising each letter (and printing key texts), together with necessary identification and comment. The present volume covers the crucial turning point in Pole's career: his break with Henry VIII and his taking papal service. This encompassed the profound religious conversion which took Pole to the brink of one of the defining moments of the Italian Reformation, the writing of the Beneficio di Christo.

List of contents

Abbreviations, Introduction, A Note on the Text, Chapter 1 1547-1552, Chapter 2 January-August 1553, Chapter 3 September-December 1553, Chapter 4 January-June 1554, Chapter 5 July-December 1554, Index

About the author

Thomas F. Mayer is Professor of History and Chairman of the Center for the Study of the Christian Millennium, Augustana College Rock Island, USA.

Summary

During the period covered by volume two of this set, Reginald Pole continued his career as a papal diplomat. This work generated much of the correspondence as discussed in the introduction to volume one.

Product details

• Authors: Thomas F. Mayer, Mayer Thomas F.
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.11.2003
• EAN: 9780754603276
• ISBN: 978-0-7546-0327-6
• No. of pages: 432
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 33 mm
• Weight: 453 g
• Series: St Andrews Studies in Reformation History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Religious, Biography: religious & spiritual, Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church, Biography: religious and spiritual, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600