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FYS142: Reacting to the Past - Henry VIII (P. Coby)  Tags: fall09 fys henry_viii coby  

Fall 2009
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Find Facts

Always begin by checking books placed on reserve by the Game Master. Then check a couple of the following sources:

  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
    Call Number: ref DA 28 .O95 2004
    This is the first stop for anybody who has a named historical character.
  • Bosworth Field to Bloody Mary: an encyclopedia of the early Tudors
    Call Number: ref DA 315 .W26 2003
  • English Historical Facts 1485-1603
    Call Number: ref DA 315 .D68 1977
  • Historical Dictionary of Tudor England
    Call Number: ref DA 315 .H5 1991
  • The House of Commons 1509-1558
    Call Number: JN 675 1509 .B56
  • Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation
    Call Number: ref BR 302.8 .O93 1996
  • Tudor England: An Encyclopedia
    Call Number: ref DA 315 .T753 2001
  • Who’s Who in Tudor England
    Call Number: ref DA 317 .R68 2001
  • A Companion to Tudor Britain
  • Oxford Companion to British History
  • Kings and Queens of Britain
 

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Reserve Readings - The Best Place to Start

The best way of locating additional material on Henry VIII is to read items on reserve for your class BEING SURE TO LOOK FOR FOOTNOTES AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES. Scholars' suggestions are the vital key in any library search. Below are a few items now at the reserve desk for your class.

  • Thomas Cromwell and the English Reformation - Dickens, A. G.
    Call Number: DA 334 .C9 D5
  • The English Reformation - Dickens, A.G.
    Call Number: BR 375 D5
  • Reform and Reformation - Elton, G. R.
    Call Number: DA 332 .E497 1977
  • The Tudor Revolution in Government - Elton, G. R.
    Call Number: JN 183 1509 .E55
  • The Reformation Parliament 1529-36 - Lehmberg, Stanley
    Call Number: 328.429 L528r
  • Katherine of Aragon - Mattingly, Garrett
    Call Number: 942.052 C286 Zm
  • Henry VIII - Scarisbrick, J. J
    Call Number: 942.052 H396 Zs
    This is the standard biography.
  • The public career of Sir Thomas More - Guy, J. A.
    Call Number: DA 334 .M8 G87 1980
  • Henry VIII and his Court - Weir, Allison
    Call Number: DA 332 .W45 2001
    Great for gossip.
 

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