Reginald Pole: Prince and Prophet

This is the first biography in ninety years of Reginald Pole (1500SH1558), one of the most important international figures of the sixteenth century. Pole's career is followed as prot g and then harshest critic of Henry VIII, as cardinal and papal diplomat, legate of Viterbo, a nearly successful candidate for pope, and finally as legate to England, archbishop of Canterbury, architect of the English Counter-Reformation, and victim of both Pope Paul IV and of himself.

Author: Thomas F. Mayer
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 11/23/2000
Pages: 488
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.95lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.25d
ISBN: 9780521371889

Review Citation(s):
Choice 10/01/2001 pg. 378

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