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FOUR YEARS AT THE COURT OF HENRY VIII 2 VOLUME SET
SELECTION OF DESPATCHES WRITTEN BY THE VENETIAN AMBASSADOR, SEBASTIAN GIUSTINIAN, AND ADDRESSED TO THE SIGNORY OF VENICE, JANUARY 12TH, 1515, TO JULY 26TH, 1519 |
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Sebastiano Giustiniani, Rawdon Lubbock Brown, Rawdon Lubbock Brown (Trans) |
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Multiple copy pack |
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£51.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
110806003X |
| ISBN 13: |
9781108060035 |
| Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE LIBRARY COLLECTION |
| Pub. date: |
5 December, 2012 |
| Series: |
Cambridge Library Collection - European History |
| Pages: |
714 |
| Translated from: |
Italian |
| Description: |
This two-volume collection and translation of Sebastian Giustinian's ambassadorial dispatches to Venice from Henry VIII's court was published in 1854. |
| Synopsis: |
Sebastian Giustinian (1460-1543) served as the Venetian ambassador to the court of Henry VIII between 1515 and 1519, during which time he sent back frequent and detailed dispatches to the Signory of Venice. In 1515, when Giustinian arrived at the English court, Henry was only twenty-four and described as 'expert in arms, and of great valour, and most excellent in his personal endowments'. In this two-volume collection, Guistinian's letters paint a vivid portrait of a diplomat's life at court, covering treaty negotiations, meetings with Cardinal Wolsey, an outbreak of plague, Catherine of Aragon's predicament, and many other diplomatic and social matters. Translator and editor Rawdon Lubbock Brown (1806-83) had an unrivalled knowledge of the Venetian archives: he was the first historian to appreciate the importance of the dispatches sent from London by the Venetian ambassadors. His edition of Giustinian's correspondence provided an entirely new insight into Henry's reign when it was first published in 1854. |
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black & white illustrations |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Cambridge University Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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